Summary
Shaker Qawasmi is a seasoned software development manager with 14 years of engineering experience and 8+ years at Amazon, currently leading Prime Air software teams to deliver large-scale distributed systems. He has led teams of up to 30 engineers across domains including Amazon Publishing, Amazon Linux & EC2 Containers, and AWS Healthcare AI, combining operational rigor with technical depth in GNU/Linux and cloud architectures. Shaker is skilled at improving development velocity and operational health through process design, while driving adoption of AI/ML in healthcare to solve real clinical problems. His career began in systems administration and DevOps, giving him a hands-on appreciation for low-level system tuning and high-availability infrastructure. Known for fostering innovative engineering cultures, he balances people development with measurable technical outcomes. Based in Seattle, he blends deep platform expertise with a continual curiosity for emerging cloud and open-source technologies.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Yarmouk University
English, Arabic