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Nithin Vasudevan is a highly skilled SDET at Amazon Lab126 with over 10 years of relevant experience. Currently, he holds the position of Senior Associate, working on the multi-variant of Amazon FireTv Stick and Smart TV. He has been actively involved in the production and post-production engineering of the FireTv product right from its inception until the release of the two generations of FireTv and FireTv products of Amazon. Nithin is proficient in various technologies such as SDET, test, Jenkins, Python, and Web. He has developed several tools and frameworks during his tenure at Amazon, including a multi-threaded and multi-flasher tool using Unix Scripts that flashed six devices at once, reducing time consumption by 50% and flashing error by 30%. He also automated build download using Python by creating a mirror for Jenkins server, reducing manual effort completely. Additionally, he developed bash and Unix Scripts that automated the entire process of manual firmware upgrade/downgrade on FireTv Accessories, yielding 20 - 40% performance improvement and reducing the error rate by 40%. Nithin has also remodeled a framework that tracks employees' tasks in a database, which solved the concurrency issue and provided efficient data tracking for employee’s daily activities. This led to the adoption of the revamped reporting tool by the managers. He has headed a team of four and conducted multiple Product/Component Level Training to Senior Managers and new recruits. Nithin has received a lot of accolades and appreciation from managers and senior members of the team for his exceptional performance. He has worked with Amazon as a Device Associate on the FireTv product and Kindle Store. He was a consistent performer in the task assigned and was promoted quickly due to his quality of never missing out on anything at work. He was also the top performer of the team all the time and broke the benchmark set on every performance quarter. Nithin holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Santa Clara University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Thangavelu Engineering College. He completed his High School education in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology from Kumaran Asan Memorial Senior Secondary School. Nithin is a highly skilled professional who has contributed significantly to Amazon's success and has set a high standard for his peers.