Harshit Joshi

Senior Software Development Engineer | Technical Leader

👋 Hello!

I’m a Senior Software Engineer and Technical Leader with over 10 years of experience designing and scaling distributed systems, building customer-facing products, and driving technical strategy across teams. I specialize in AI-driven personalization, large-scale distributed systems, and customer-centric innovation, delivering solutions that power engagement at global scale.

🚀 What I Do

Current Role: Sr. SDE – Alexa AI (GenAI Products, Personalization) @ Amazon (2023–Present)

  • Architecting next-generation customer experiences powered by generative AI
  • Designing scalable, extensible systems for multimodal and voice interactions
  • Driving alignment across multiple engineering teams and leadership groups
  • Leading efforts to optimize system efficiency and performance

🛠️ Technical Skills

AI & Personalization

  • Generative AI & LLM-driven solutions
  • ML-based personalization & recommendations
  • Voice, multimodal & mobile experiences

Systems & Platforms

  • Distributed systems & event-driven architectures
  • Large-scale data processing & pipelines
  • Low-latency, high-throughput systems

Cloud & Databases

  • AWS ecosystem (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, QuickSight, etc.)
  • Scalable database design & multi-tenant systems
  • Infrastructure automation & monitoring

Leadership & Delivery

  • Technical strategy & cross-org collaboration
  • Mentorship, interviews & team growth
  • Driving operational readiness for large-scale systems

💼 Career Highlights

  • Technical Leadership: Guided engineering teams in delivering AI-driven personalization and customer experiences at scale.
  • Innovation at Scale: Designed and optimized high-throughput architectures supporting millions of customer interactions.
  • Cross-Org Impact: Partnered with product, engineering, and leadership teams to drive alignment and deliver strategic initiatives.
  • Mentorship & Growth: Coached engineers, conducted 100+ interviews, and contributed to talent development.
  • Cloud & Security Expertise: Delivered solutions across cloud platforms, personalization, search, and data security domains.

🎓 Education

M.S. Software Engineering – San Jose State University (2014–2016)
B.E. Computer Science – M.S. University of Baroda (2009–2013)

🔮 Current Focus

  • Generative AI architectures & optimization
  • Personalization at global scale
  • Distributed systems design
  • Customer-centric product innovation

Let’s connect! I’m always open to discussions on scalable systems, AI, and product innovation.

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