Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon Web Services (2x intern) based in Arlington, VA. I work on observability tooling — specifically the CloudWatch Agent — and contribute to the open-source OpenTelemetry Collector. I care about performance, instrumentation, and building reliable systems.
$ cat .profile
ROLE = SDE Intern @ Amazon Web Services
LEVEL = Entry-Level | 2x Intern
DOMAIN = Observability | Performance | Distributed Systems
STACK = Go | TypeScript | Java | Python | SQL
EDU = B.S. Computer Science @ NYIT (Junior)
OPEN_TO = New Grad / Entry-Level SDE rolesLanguages
Cloud & Infrastructure
Frameworks & Tools
| Domain | Proficiency | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Observability Tooling | ████████░░ |
CloudWatch Agent development, metrics & logs pipelines |
| OpenTelemetry | ███████░░░ |
Collector receivers/exporters, AWS contrib components |
| Backend (Go) | ███████░░░ |
Telemetry services, AWS SDK v2, high-throughput pipelines |
| Full-Stack (TS) | ███████░░░ |
Next.js, React, Prisma, REST APIs |
| Cloud / AWS | ██████░░░░ |
Polly, deployment configs, cross-service integration |
| Databases / SQL | ██████░░░░ |
Schema design, Prisma ORM, Turso/SQLite |
▶ OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib — Open-source observability
Contributing to the OpenTelemetry Collector — the vendor-agnostic telemetry pipeline used across the industry. Working on receivers, exporters, and AWS-specific components on the aws-cwa-dev branch.
| Aspect | Detail |
|---|---|
| Stack | Go · OpenTelemetry · AWS SDK v2 |
| Scale | Part of the CNCF ecosystem used by thousands of organizations |
| Impact | MySQL receiver gap fixes, AWS CloudWatch integration work, PR reviews |
| Repo | View |
Opened and merged PRs against amazon-contributing/opentelemetry-collector-contrib, including MySQL receiver fixes, and reviewed community contributions.
▶ book2audio — Full-stack book-to-audiobook converter
Convert books (PDF, EPUB, DOCX, TXT) into audiobooks using Amazon Polly and edge-tts. Full-stack app with Google OAuth, a document library, playback position tracking, sleep timer, and speed control.
| Aspect | Detail |
|---|---|
| Stack | TypeScript · Python · React · Next.js · Amazon Polly |
| Scale | Deployed on Vercel + Render with multiple TTS providers |
| Impact | End-to-end pipeline from document upload to streaming audio playback |
| Live | book2audio-jet.vercel.app · Repo |
Built the full pipeline: document-parsing backend, Google OAuth cross-domain auth, and a React frontend with full playback controls.
▶ Student Leadership Dashboard — Calendar & task tracking
A Next.js dashboard for student leadership organizations — calendar tracking, role management, Google Calendar sync, notifications, data export, and PWA support.
| Aspect | Detail |
|---|---|
| Stack | TypeScript · Next.js · Tailwind CSS · Prisma · Turso |
| Scale | Installable PWA with offline support, deployed on Vercel |
| Impact | Dark mode, toast notifications, input validation, configurable roles & tags |
| Live | student-leadership-dashboard.vercel.app · Repo |
Designed and built the full app: persistent storage with Turso, Google Calendar integration, and a responsive mobile-first UI.
SDE Intern (2x) | Amazon Web Services | Arlington, VA
- Develop and improve the CloudWatch Agent for AWS observability
- Contribute to the OpenTelemetry Collector ecosystem — receiver fixes, AWS integrations, and PR reviews
- Work on telemetry pipelines and performance instrumentation in Go
- Collaborate across teams on metrics and logs collection
Go · OpenTelemetry · AWS · CloudWatch · Distributed Systems
| 🏆 Achievement | Detail |
|---|---|
| 2x SDE Intern @ AWS | Returned for a second internship on observability tooling |
| Open-Source Contributor | Merged PRs into amazon-contributing/opentelemetry-collector-contrib |
| Shipped Live Products | Two full-stack apps deployed and publicly accessible |
| CloudWatch Agent | Active development on a core AWS observability product |
learning:
- Advanced OpenTelemetry Collector internals
- Go performance profiling and optimization
- Distributed tracing at scale
building:
- CloudWatch Agent improvements
- Open-source observability contributions
- Full-stack side projects (book2audio, leadership dashboard)
exploring:
- Systems-level performance tooling
- Cloud-native instrumentation patterns
open_to:
- New Grad / Entry-Level SDE roles
- Observability, platform, and developer-tooling teams
"Build observable systems — you can't fix what you can't see."