About

Arun Agarwal is a Software Development Manager at Amazon Photos with over 9 years of relevant experience in the tech industry. He is a skilled Software Engineer and Senior Software Engineer with expertise in Big Data, ElasticSearch, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Java, Python, and Kotlin. Arun is responsible for managing a team of engineers who are building highly scalable micro-services that provide reliable, durable storage of images and videos. Arun has worked on cross-org projects that involved migration of PB scale data with zero tolerance for data loss. He has also designed and implemented the search platform that powers faceting and filtering on time, location, concepts, and people in Amazon Photos. Arun's team is responsible for the upload, download, and transformation of videos, images, and other documents. They are actively working on improving the image processing pipeline, video processing pipeline, and security and durability of PB scale image and videos. Arun holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Dallas and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from City Engineering College. He has worked as a Senior Software Engineer and Software Engineer II at Amazon in the past. Arun's tech stack includes Software Engineering, AWS, Microservices, Image Processing, Big Data, Elastic Search, Web, Python, Java, Kotlin, and Search. He is a highly motivated individual with a demonstrated history of working in the tech industry. Arun's exceptional leadership and technical skills make him an asset to any organization.