About

Balaji Narayanaswami is a highly skilled Software Engineer currently working at Amazon as an SDE 2. He holds a Master's degree in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University and has over 8 years of relevant experience in the field. Balaji is passionate about technology and enjoys solving complex problems. Balaji has a diverse skill set that includes programming and scripting languages such as Java, C#.NET, Ruby, SQL, C, C++, JavaScript, Python, CSS, and Ajax. He is also proficient in frameworks and testing tools like Hadoop, JUnits, Maven, Eclipse, IntelliJ, Spring, Selenium, CapybaraJS, and SOAP. Additionally, he has experience working with servers and databases such as Apache, Tomcat, IIS, Oracle, and MySQL. Balaji has a proven track record of delivering results and adding value to his team. At Amazon, he was part of a team that built a reporting service on Serverless Native AWS from the ground up, effectively reducing turnaround time from days to minutes. He also has experience working at PayPal, where he reduced service SLA by 68% and enabled support for 250M active users. He achieved this by replatforming the lifecycle of financial instruments from C++ to Java 8 and identifying performance bottlenecks. Balaji has also engineered a storage backup funding source for launching products in the UK and Germany, resulting in a net 15% increase in purchase volume, 20% increase in transactions, and 17% increase in active users. In addition to his professional experience, Balaji has also worked as a grader at Santa Clara University, where he graded student assignments for "Object-Oriented Programming with C++" and "Data Structures using C++." Balaji's education includes a Master's degree in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering from PSG College of Technology. His technical skills and relevant experience make him a valuable asset to any team.