Rawad Hilal
Principal Engineer at Amazon
California, United States
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Top SchoolRawad Hilal is a Principal Engineer at Amazon with 11 years of experience building scalable, maintainable systems and leading teams from Irvine, California. He progressed through multiple senior engineering roles at Amazon after a seven-year software career at Panasonic Avionics, giving him deep experience in production-grade systems and aerospace-grade reliability. Known for championing open communication and diverse perspectives, he blends technical rigor with mentorship to groom emerging engineers and drive resilient solutions. Rawad emphasizes ethical, knowledge-backed decision-making and stays current with engineering practices to ensure long-lived architectures. Outside of core responsibilities, he brings a pragmatic systems mindset shaped by avionics constraints, which informs his emphasis on reliability and operational excellence.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Engineering at California State University, Fullerton
Github Skills (18)
opc10
lte10
freertos10
connectivity10
compatibility10
iot10
openthread9
internet-of-things8
docker-image8
gitlab7
zephyr7
docker6
git5
gitlab-ce5
kotlin4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rawadhilal88/docker-openvpn
Oct 2023 - Feb 2026
Setup a tiny(12MB), but full featured and secure OpenVPN server in a few easy steps using Docker.
Contributions:7 pushes in 2 years 3 months
rawadhilal88/docker-armhf-apache
Aug 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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