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Engineering Manager at Amazon
As George Box once said 'all models are wrong, but some are useful', I am among those who are trying to find these useful models. I am a data enthusiast and lifelong learner. I enjoy solving the problems, whether they are small or big. I am an avid believer in Artificial Intelligence and algorithms supporting it. I have an interest in data science, health care, and languages and I am exploring how these fields are interdependent. Currently, I am working on Named Entity Recognition problems. The past year has been a great learning experience. I worked on some State of the Art problems in Natural Language Processing and established core components such as Kafka for data pipeline in my organization. I interacted with a lot of technology enthusiasts as well, delivering a few sessions on Data Science. I have worked at Oracle and SAP trying to solve problems leveraging the advancements in Artificial Intelligence. Prior to that, I worked at ISRO as an intern on detecting Disease patterns using Machine Learning on Time Series data and consequently clustering similarly behaving regions in Uttarakhand, India. I have 4 published research papers to my credit primarily on the amalgamation of Data Mining and Healthcare. 2 of my other works, also on Healthcare and Machine Learning have been submitted for publication. I use Python for most of my work since it is my go-to language for Data Science. I am fluent in core concepts around Java, Micro-services, Distributed Systems, and some other technologies. I completed my Masters from Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Computer Software Engineering. Please feel free to reach out on LinkedIn. Also, you can connect with me on Gmail: amankedia.sap@gmail.com Or my number: +91 9611853031
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
M.Tech, Computer Software Engineering
January 1, 2016 – January 1, 2018
Institute Of Engineering and Management
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science
January 1, 2012 – January 1, 2016
Amazon
Software Development Manager
February 1, 2024 – Present
Amazon
Software Development Engineer 3
July 1, 2022 – February 1, 2024
Amazon
SDE II / MLE
March 1, 2020 – July 1, 2022
Packt
Author, Hands-On Python Natural Language Processing
May 1, 2019 – March 1, 2020
Oracle
Senior Member Of Technical Staff
July 1, 2018 – March 1, 2020
Greater Bengaluru Area
SAP
Scholar | Developer | Machine Learning | Full Stack
April 1, 2017 – May 1, 2018
SAP
Scholar | Developer | ABAP | SAP ERP
September 1, 2016 – March 1, 2017
ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation
Intern
December 1, 2015 – March 1, 2016
Dehradun, India
The study of hill climbing and it's variants for Feature Selection on Healthcare Data
April 1, 2016 – Present
Technology Used: R, Microsoft Excel Studied the performance of Hill Climbing and it's variants such as Stochastic Hill Climbing, Next Ascent Hill Climbing, Random Mutation Hill Climbing, Beam Search on HealthCare datasets using both Filter and Wrapper methods for fitness scores.
Data Mining for Public Health Data in Dehradun
December 1, 2015 – March 1, 2016
-Worked on data generated by Integrated Disease Surveillance Program, Government of India for the district of Dehradun spanning 97 blocks, 107 hospitals and 47 laboratories on 4 syndromes, 15 diseases and 16 laboratory tests. -Clustered regions for each disease/syndrome/test using Spherical k-Means algorithm. -Determined spans of weeks in which a disease/syndrome/test showed aberrant behavior. -Determined locations (latitudes & longitudes) of most hospitals/blocks/laboratories by Geo coding. -Analyzed the clusters obtained by spatially visualizing the clusters on Maps using color codes for segregation on Quantum Geographical Information Systems software.
Canvas implementation to make a few balls bounce
August 1, 2015 – September 1, 2015
Technology Used : HTML, CSS, JavaScript Developed a canvas board which puts balls on the screen on clicks and further uses gravitational formulas and bounds checking for making the randomly generated balls bounce.
Hybrid App Development
June 1, 2015 – July 1, 2015
Developed a small prototype of a Hybrid App which would help users to share rides. Telerik platform was used. Front End was developed using HTML5 and CSS3. Functionalities were provided using jQuery for mobiles. Back End developed using PHP. JSON was used for data exchange. Also worked in the development of a basic discussion forum to enable users to post queries, replies on questions related to competitive programming.
College Management System
March 1, 2015 – May 1, 2015
Technology Used : VB .NET, Oracle 11G Worked under Prof. Saptarsi Goswami in the Development of a system for college management, which included features like teacher and student attendance tracking and insertion and searching them according to courses, dates as well as overall. Other features included routine display for various section in various years, teacher routine could also be found out. VB.net was used for front end designing and stored procedure calls were used to fetch data stored in Oracle 11g.
Flight Management and Booking System
October 1, 2014 – December 1, 2014
Technology Used : Java, Swing, Microsoft Excel Developed a system which enabled users to book and reserve tickets on the basis of availability and choice between Singapore and various Indian cities, it also proposed various hopping options according to date and place specification by the user.
ACM Chapter Website
April 1, 2014 – April 1, 2014
Technology Used : HTML, CSS, Javascript Worked in a team to build a website of the ACM Chapter of the INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT, KOLKATA.
E Commerce Portal
April 1, 2014 – June 1, 2014
Technology Used : Visual Basic, MS Access Developed an E Commerce portal like Flipkart which maintained database details regarding users and what they buy as well as products and their quantities available, dynamic addition of products to cart after users login according to their choice.
Mathematics for Machine Learning: Linear Algebra
Coursera
June 24, 2026 – Present
Introduction to TensorFlow for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning
Coursera
June 24, 2026 – Present
Neural Networks and Deep Learning
Coursera
June 24, 2026 – Present
Structuring Machine Learning Projects
Coursera
June 24, 2026 – Present
Convolutional Neural Networks
Coursera
June 24, 2026 – Present
Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization
Coursera
June 24, 2026 – Present
AI For Everyone
Coursera
June 24, 2026 – Present
Programming Fundamentals in Real World
Lynda.com
June 24, 2026 – Present
R Programming
Coursera
June 24, 2026 – Present
Natural Language Processing in TensorFlow
Coursera
June 24, 2026 – Present
Certificate of Creditable Performance
University of New South Wales
June 24, 2026 – Present
Cultural Fit Analysis
The candidate's career progression from SDE to SDM at Amazon, coupled with diverse project experiences in data mining, machine learning, and full-stack development, suggests adaptability and a continuous learning mindset. Their involvement in personal projects and authoring a book indicates initiative and passion beyond their core job responsibilities. The target role of 'Data Analyst' is a significant shift from their recent Software Development Manager role, which might indicate a desire to return to a more hands-on data-focused individual contributor role. While their technical skills align well with data analysis, the leadership experience might be underutilized in a pure analyst role, or they might be seeking a lead data analyst position. The breadth of their experience, from web development to machine learning and data mining, shows a versatile background.
Soft Skills & Operational Fit
The candidate's experience at Amazon in leadership roles (SDM, SDE3) indicates strong operational skills, including sprint planning, prioritization, design reviews, and setting SLAs. Their work on tax compliance and payment systems suggests a high degree of responsibility and attention to detail. The authoring of a book on NLP also points to strong communication and knowledge-sharing abilities. The project descriptions highlight problem-solving and analytical thinking.