About

Elliot (Sergi) Sparks is a highly experienced Software Development Manager with over 16 years of experience in the Software Product Lifecycle Development. He has worked in various domains such as Scalable Systems, CyberSecurity, Healthcare, and Artificial Intelligence in both enterprise-scale and startup environments. Currently, he is working as a Software Development Manager at Amazon Web Services where he is responsible for owning several Tier-0 Services that make Amazon DynamoDB run smoothly. He is also hiring engineers to build the next generation of low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems at AWS DynamoDB. Elliot has a proven track record of leading teams with design, delivery, and operations of products and services. He has a strong focus on software delivery and ensures that software is built in a sustainable and efficient way that leaves space for extensibility. He is passionate about building on his experience in IT Management and Software Architecture. In his current role, Elliot is converting a subset of senior leadership product directions into software initiatives to be implemented by department software teams. He also focuses on people management, career growth, technical development, leadership, and accountability. Elliot has experience working in multicultural and remote development environments for international corporations that include Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, IBM, Deutsche Bank, and Barclay's Capital. Elliot has a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Computer Science and an MBA in Management of Information Systems from the University of Miami. He also has a degree in Military Engineering from the Military Academy. Elliot's technical skills include Software Engineering, AWS, Web, SRE, CI/CD, Senior Software Engineering, QA, DevOps, infra, and AI. In his past roles, Elliot has worked as an Engineering Manager at 98point6 Inc., where he was responsible for driving engineering department-wide initiatives to improve operational excellence, increase systems availability, and build processes and workflows to enable optimal software building practices. He also worked as a Software Engineering Manager at Oracle in a government entity. Overall, Elliot is a highly skilled and experienced Software Development Manager who has a strong focus on software delivery and people management. He is passionate about building on his experience in IT Management and Software Architecture and has a proven track record of leading teams with design, delivery, and operations of products and services.