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ADIL SHAIK

CLASS: Software Development Engineer II  ·  GUILD: Amazon, Seattle
SPEC: Distributed Systems · Kubernetes · Rust

10+ YRS XP 80M+ REQ/SEC SYSTEMS 600+ SERVICES MIGRATED 10x DNS PERF BOOST 200+ STUDENTS MENTORED

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// CHARACTER SHEET

PLAYER STATS

EQUIPPED LANGUAGES

⚔ Rust ⚔ Java ⚔ Python ⚔ TypeScript ⚔ C/C++ ⚔ Bash

GEAR — CLUSTER ORCHESTRATION

🛡 Kubernetes (K8s APIs) 🛡 Control Planes (CRDs) 🛡 AWS CDK 🛡 Docker 🛡 EKS
DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS95
CLUSTER ORCHESTRATION95
MULTI-TENANT ISOLATION90
HIGH-THROUGHPUT STORAGE88
NETWORKING87
OBSERVABILITY90

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QUEST LOG

MAIN QUEST: Amazon — SDE II

◉ IN PROGRESS

Nov 2022 — Present · Seattle, WA

  • Architected and scaled a specialized Kubernetes platform managing a next-generation internal NoSQL database for retail OLTP workloads, maintaining cross-region consistency via a Powerset Paxos consensus framework.
  • Designed a declarative cloud-native control plane with K8s CRDs, abstracting complex container and infrastructure topologies into isolated multi-tenant resources.
  • Engineered an enterprise-grade AWS CDK platform framework (TypeScript) with custom CloudFormation resources — zero-touch provisioning of stateful multi-tenant infrastructure; led migration of 600+ enterprise services to infrastructure-as-code.
  • Built a high-performance multi-zone DNS Gateway in Rust for EKS clusters — 10x cross-zone DNS performance per pod; resolved CoreDNS inefficiencies and gRPC load-balancing bottlenecks via a lightweight proxy layer.
  • Led platform observability and reliability: telemetry, canaries, end-to-end integration testing and Grafana dashboards that significantly reduced MTTR.

+ XP: Paxos · CRDs · Rust · IaC at scale

Amazon — SDE I

✓ COMPLETED

Feb 2021 — Nov 2022 · Seattle, WA

  • Engineered core infrastructure for a highly scalable, low-latency NoSQL distributed database handling 80M+ requests per second, optimizing Java and Python backend services for strict resource efficiency and fault tolerance.
  • Owned production operations; built automated debugging and remediation workflows with self-healing controller logic, eliminating operational toil and minimizing downtime.

+ XP: 80M req/s scale · self-healing systems

Amazon — SDE Intern

✓ COMPLETED

Jul 2020 — Aug 2020 · Seattle, WA

  • Developed automated distributed applications (Java, Python, AWS) to manage a scalable compute and storage fleet platform.
  • Automated an essential fleet optimization feature, accelerating background data validation and health-checking workflows.

+ XP: return offer unlocked

SkillTern Edu Tech — Founder / Tech Lead

✓ COMPLETED

Jan 2018 — Aug 2019 · India

  • Founded and led full-stack development of the SkillTern.in education platform — backend architecture, scalability and infrastructure delivery.
  • Trained and mentored 200+ students in software development, establishing rigorous curriculums and code-review standards.

+ XP: leadership · teaching · entrepreneurship

🎓 TRAINING ARC II

M.S. — Computer & Information Science & Engineering
University of Florida · Aug 2019 — Dec 2020

🎓 TRAINING ARC I

B.Tech — Computer Science and Engineering
JNTU · Aug 2015 — Jul 2019

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ACHIEVEMENTS UNLOCKED

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GOOGLE INDIA SCHOLAR

Google India Scholarship holder.

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TOP 83 IN INDIA

Selected among the Top 83 undergraduates in India for Summer School at IISc, Bangalore.

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DISTINGUISHED STUDENT

Distinguished Student Award by U.S. News.

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CERTIFIED ANDROID DEV

Google Certified Associate Android Developer.

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1000+ DOWNLOADS

Apps on the Play Store with 1000+ downloads.

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MENTOR OF 200+

Trained and mentored 200+ students; organized hackathons and workshops.

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