About

Varun Gunda is a Software Development Engineer at Amazon Alexa with a passion for building reliable and scalable software products. He has over 3 years of experience as a Software Tool Developer at MathWorks, where he created tooling to increase developer productivity using Node.js and Perl. Varun is currently pursuing a Master of Computer Science at IIT Chicago, where he is focusing on acquiring knowledge to build scalable software infrastructure. His areas of concentration include cloud computing, distributed systems, operating systems, computer networks, system and network security, software systems architecture, and data structures and algorithms. He is set to graduate in May 2021 and is currently looking for full-time software engineer opportunities. Prior to his current role at Amazon, Varun worked as a Teaching Assistant at Illinois Institute of Technology for CS 450 - Operating Systems, where he gained experience in teaching and mentoring students. He also worked as an Intern at MathWorks, where he architected the design of integrating cloud storage providers with the massively scalable MATLAB Online Server. Varun holds a Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Electrical Engineering from IIT and a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from Sastra University. He is well-versed in various technologies including NodeJS, Javascript, infra, Docker, and Kubernetes. With 3.77 years of relevant experience, Varun is a highly skilled software engineer with a strong focus on building scalable and reliable software products. He is passionate about technology and is always eager to learn new skills and technologies to enhance his expertise.