About

Sonali Patro is a highly skilled Software Engineer with over 5 years of relevant experience in the field. Currently working at Amazon as a Software Engineer for Prime Video, she is a Computer Science Engineer with a keen interest in Big Data, Software Development, and Machine Learning. Her key skills include proficiency in programming languages such as Scala, Java, and Python, as well as expertise in Big Data technologies such as Spark, Kafka, Spark Streaming, and Oozie. She is also well-versed in DevOps tools like Jenkins, Dockers, Kubernetes, Vela, and Drone, and has experience in data visualization using Tableau and Grafana. Additionally, Sonali has hands-on experience with Machine Learning frameworks like Scikit-learn, Keras, and Tensorflow, and is proficient in database management using SQL and Hive. Prior to her current role, Sonali has worked as a Software Engineer at Target and as an Application Developer at Whiteklay. At Whiteklay, she engineered and developed a real-time ETL application with Scala and Spark, which consumed up to 2GB data/hour using Kafka and produced filtered or aggregated data for machine learning analysis. She also led a team of 2 for an India-based telecommunications client to do predictive maintenance of call routers using IZAC. Additionally, she has created a Customer-360 dashboard that analyzes customer data at the backend with Python and Scikit-learn to produce useful metrics like churn rate and upsell. Sonali has also developed a C-based REST API to push data from any source and ensured cross-platform compatibility. She has mentored new employees and interns, helping them gain familiarity with the tech stack and the existing codebase. Sonali completed her High School education from Birla Public School, Doha, in 2014. Her tech stack includes Software Engineering, Spark, ML, SQL, Big Data, Scikit, Keras, Kubernetes, Kafka, Jenkins, Python, Tensorflow, DevOps, Scala, Apache Hive, Java, CI/CD, ETL, Integration, Backend, AI, Perceptron, Research Scientist, Hadoop, and infra.