Summary

Principal Engineer with 10+ years of experience building scalable, privacy-aware, developer-first platforms across AI/ML and analytics. Trusted leader in privacy infrastructure, secure computation, and platform architecture. Proven cross-functional influencer with a track record of delivering systems that scale and endure.

Experience

  • AWS – SageMakerPrincipal Engineer (May 2024 – Present)

    • Lead engineering strategy for scalable AI/ML developer platforms within SageMaker AI.

    • Currently leading innovation on SageMaker HyperPod, focused on improving interactive ML/AI workflows.

  • AWS – Clean RoomsPrincipal Engineer (Apr 2022 – May 2024)

    • Shaped the technical vision and architecture for AWS Clean Rooms, a secure collaboration platform for multi-party data analysis.

    • Guided the design of key privacy-preserving features including differential privacy and ML support, influencing long-term product strategy and cross-org execution.

    • Played a central role in shaping the product through hands-on technical leadership, resolving cross-team disputes, and mentoring senior engineers.

  • Amazon – Privacy EngineeringSr. SDE → Principal Engineer (Oct 2016 – Oct 2022)

    • Invented attribution algorithm with noise-removal on obfuscated data.

    • Introduced SMPC protocols in collaboration with crypto teams.

    • Built Amazon’s first clean room; promoted for long-term cross-org impact.

  • Amazon – Social Marketing TechSDE II (Oct 2014 – Sep 2016)

  • Amazon – Affiliate Marketing TechSDE I (Jul 2011 – Sep 2014)

Project Highlights

  • Privacy-Preserving Attribution: Introduced SMPC for secure measurement, aligning legal and engineering.

  • AWS Clean Rooms: Architected scalable collaboration platform.

Core Skills

Platform Architecture • AI/ML Infrastructure • Privacy Engineering • Secure Computation • Distributed Systems • Attribution Modeling • Differential Privacy • SMPC • Data Clean Rooms • Developer Experience • AWS • Spark SQL • Technical Strategy

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Principal Engineer | Architecting Scalable AI/ML Platforms | Innovating in Privacy, Trust & Developer Experience