Vinayak Kukreja
Software Development Engineer II at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolVinayak Kukreja is a Software Development Engineer II at Amazon Web Services with four years of hands-on experience building and hardening cloud infrastructure code. He contributes to the flagship aws-cdk project, focusing on backend and DevOps work such as Lambda deployments, IAM/OIDC certificate handling, KMS permissions for DynamoDB streams, and dependency and CLI fixes. A Syracuse MS graduate with a strong BTech foundation, he blends academic rigor with practical production experience gained across multiple roles at AWS. Known for resolving tricky merge conflicts and refactoring core libraries, he brings reliability-focused engineering to large-scale developer tooling. Based in Virginia, he combines deep AWS platform knowledge with a pragmatic approach to improving developer workflows.
4 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science and Engineering, 8.66/10, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science and Engineering, 8.66/10 at JECRC UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, 3.5/4.0, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 3.5/4.0 at Syracuse UniversityMaheshwari Public School
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Github Skills (24)
aws-cdk10
typescript10
aws10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
ias10
cloud-infrastructure9
dynamodb9
infrastructure-as-code9
lambda9
lambdas9
amazon-dynamodb9
docker8
cicd8
dockers8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
aws/aws-cdk
May 2022 - Dec 2022
The AWS Cloud Development Kit is a framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:230 reviews, 11 commits, 51 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Vinayak's contributions focused on modifying and improving the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), specifically addressing issues related to Lambda function deployments and IAM OIDC provider certificate retrieval. The user also worked on integrating KMS permissions for DynamoDB streams and resolving merge conflicts to ensure code integrity. Furthermore, the user was involved in refactoring and updating the project's codebase, including updating dependencies and fixing CLI issues.
development-kitaws-cloudcloud-infrastructureinfrastructurecloud-development
vinayak-kukreja/cdk8s-cli
Jul 2023 - Oct 2023
Contributions:43 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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