About

Edwin Anthony Nellickal is a highly skilled Software Developer with 3.94 years of experience in the industry. He is currently working as an SDE at Amazon, where he is a Back End developer at the People Engine Team. Edwin holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota, where he gained a deep understanding of programming languages and software development. Before joining Amazon, Edwin worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Minnesota, where he was responsible for teaching the project-heavy course CSCI 3081 - Program Design & Development with an emphasis on class design and implementation in C++. He also led lab sessions for guiding undergrad students in making design choices in their projects and conducted regular office hours for debugging exceptions and helping fix bugs. Edwin has also worked as a Software Engineer at Ericsson, where he contributed to the open-source OpenDaylight Software-Defined Networking (SDN) controller. He was responsible for dynamic provisioning of the overlay network and programming of virtual switches in the cloud. Edwin optimized the project GENIUS with Spring Boot, one of the highest contributors in Carbon release, and was a key contributor in scaling the controller from 80 to 150 VSwitches. He shouldered Scrum tasks and enhanced team productivity by facilitating stand-ups and also handled triaging and routing of Trouble Reports (TRs) for the network provisioning logic to reduce the turnaround time of bugfixes. Edwin's technical skills include Software Engineering, Backend, Spring Boot, and Spring. He is always eager to learn new technologies and participate in discussions where everyone shares their ideas. Edwin's education history includes a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a Master of Science (MSc) in Physics from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. Overall, Edwin is a highly motivated and skilled Software Developer who is passionate about creating innovative solutions. He is a valuable asset to any team and is always looking for new challenges to tackle.