ScreenedIdentity Verified
No cost, no commitment - we'll make a personal intro
YX

Yihao Xie

Senior Backend Engineer specializing in Python and AWS serverless systems

AmazonTexas A&M UniversityAustin, TX3 Years ExperienceSenior LevelWorks Remote

Connect with Yihao

Yihao already has a relationship with Reval, so a warm intro from us gets a much better response than cold outreach.

Typically responds within 24 hours

Recommended

Already have an account?

About

Backend/data engineer with Amazon supply-chain experience building production serverless Python services and ETL pipelines on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS, Glue). Has modernized legacy SAS jobs into Python with rigorous parity testing and phased migrations, and has delivered major SQL performance gains (minutes down to seconds) through indexing and partitioning.

Hire with Reval

Find your next great hire

Our AI agents source, screen, and vet candidates for your open roles. Get qualified candidates within 48 hours.

$250one-time kickoff
10%on successful hire
Post a Role90-day money-back guarantee

Key Strengths

  • Designed and operated serverless Python APIs (FastAPI on Lambda behind API Gateway) with caching and RDS
  • Reliability engineering: layered timeouts, retries with exponential backoff, structured exception handling, and CloudWatch logging
  • Built CI/CD + IaC deployments using AWS CDK (Python) and GitHub Actions with multi-environment workflows
  • Secrets/config management at scale using Secrets Manager + Parameter Store with IAM least-privilege and rotation handling
  • ETL/data engineering with AWS Glue (PySpark) from S3 CSV to Parquet/RDS with catalog updates and data quality validation
  • Modernized legacy SAS batch logic to Python services with parity testing (row-by-row comparisons) and phased parallel cutover
  • SQL performance optimization with execution plan analysis, composite indexes, and partitioning (e.g., 2 min to <10 sec improvement)

Like what you see? We'll introduce you to Yihao directly.

Experience

Software Development Engineer IIAmazon · Aug 2025 – Jan 2026
Software Development EngineerAmazon · Aug 2023 – Aug 2025
Software ConsultingSelf-Employed · Feb 2023 – Aug 2023freelance
Software Engineer InternAmazon · May 2022 – Aug 2022internship
Graduate Teaching AssistantTexas A&M University · Jan 2021 – Dec 2021part-time
Summer Undergraduate Research FellowshipPurdue University · May 2019 – Aug 2019internship
Undergraduate ResearcherPurdue University · Jan 2019 – Apr 2019part-time
Engineering AssistantShanghai Jiao Tong University · Sep 2017 – Feb 2018part-time
Mathematics TutorZhangmen technology company · Feb 2017 – Feb 2018part-time

Education

Texas A&M Universitymaster, Computer Science (2022)
Purdue Universitybachelor, Mechanical Engineering (2020)
Shanghai Jiao Tong Universitybachelor, Mechanical Engineering

Languages

EnglishChinese

Certifications

Ruby on Rails 6 Essential Training

Similar Candidates

MJ

Staff Software Engineer specializing in large-scale commerce and payments

Austin, TX13y exp
GoogleUniversity of Texas at Austin
View profile
MK

Mid-level Full-Stack Software Engineer specializing in cloud-native and data platforms

Austin, TX5y exp
AmazonUniversity of Texas at Arlington
View profile
RG

Senior Software Engineer specializing in cloud-native distributed systems

Austin, TX7y exp
AppleNorthwest Missouri State University
View profile
PN

Mid-Level Software Development Engineer specializing in AWS serverless and backend APIs

Austin, TX5y exp
AmazonUniversity of Central Florida
View profile
SR

Mid-level Software Engineer specializing in cloud and full-stack web development

Austin, TX5y exp
AmazonUniversity at Buffalo
View profile

Interested in Yihao?

We'll personally introduce you - no strings attached.

For Hiring Teams

Build your dream team with Reval

Our AI agents source, screen, and vet candidates for your open roles. Get qualified, high-intent candidates on your desk within 48 hours.

$250one-time kickoff
10%on successful hire
48hrsto first candidates
Post a Role90-day money-back guarantee. A fraction of traditional agency fees.

Discover more candidates like Yihao

Search across thousands of pre-screened, high-quality, high-intent candidates on Reval.

Search Talent

Connect with Yihao

Yihao already has a relationship with Reval, so a warm intro from us gets a much better response than cold outreach.

Typically responds within 24 hours

Recommended

Already have an account?

Hire with Reval

Find your next great hire

Our AI agents source, screen, and vet candidates for your open roles. Get qualified candidates within 48 hours.

$250one-time kickoff
10%on successful hire
Post a Role90-day money-back guarantee
Yihao XieSenior Backend Engineer specializing in Python and AWS serverless systems