Steve Ash
Senior Principal Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolSteve Ash is a Senior Principal Engineer with 20+ years of hands-on experience building AI-driven, distributed systems and scalable production products, currently leading technical strategy at AWS and recently at Microsoft Security. He blends keyboard-level implementation with org-scale leadership, shaping engineering direction for organizations of 1,000+ while bootstrapping small teams to deliver high-impact, high-ambiguity projects. A PhD computer scientist with 10+ patents and publications, he has driven pioneering generative BI and agentic AI features—owning Amazon Quick, QuickSight Q, and novel interactive analysis tools from whiteboard to production. His background spans mission-critical systems in banking and healthcare, including real-time check fraud detection and statewide identity resolution deployments. Known for translating cutting-edge research into customer-facing products, he thrives on complex planning/reasoning and agent architectures that hide deep technical complexity behind simple user experiences. Based in Seattle, he pairs rigorous academic depth with a proven track record of shipping measurable business value at scale.
14 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of MemphisBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Rhodes College
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Github Skills (124)
jooq10
openfst10
partial10
sql-query9
plsql9
code-generator9
jpa9
mallet9
sql-parser9
document-processing9
sql-formatter9
r-package9
java9
sql-builder9
database8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
steveash/jopenfst
Oct 2014 - Jan 2022
Partial Java port of the C++ OpenFST library
Contributions:3 releases, 32 commits, 1 PR in 7 years 4 months
javapartialopenfst
steveash/kylm
Jun 2015 - Aug 2016
Contributions:14 commits, 13 pushes in 1 year 2 months
modelingmodeling-language
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