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Welcome to my portfolio

Hi, I'm Jamil Dellawar

Software Engineer at Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios | MIT '24 in Computer Science, Data Science & Economics

About Me

Building scalable systems at one of the world's largest streaming platforms

JD
MIT

'24

Software Engineer building systems at Amazon scale

I'm a Software Engineer at Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios, where I build content discovery and recommendation systems that serve millions of customers worldwide. My work spans distributed systems, ML integration, and operational excellence.

I graduated from MIT in 2024 with degrees in Computer Science, Data Science, Economics, and Business Analytics. I've delivered measurable impact including significant cost optimizations, improved system reliability, and features that enhanced customer experience.

AWS at Scale

Building production systems serving millions of customers at Amazon

Full Stack

End-to-end development from React frontends to distributed backends

Data Systems

Designing data pipelines, ML integrations, and analytics platforms

Performance

Optimizing systems for reliability, cost efficiency, and speed

Work Experience

Building production systems at Amazon and beyond

Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios

Software Engineer

Mar 2025 - Present

New York City, NY

Building content discovery and recommendation systems at scale. Delivering end-to-end feature implementations for ML-powered content experiences. Driving operational excellence and mentoring interns. Achieved significant cost optimizations and improved system reliability.

JavaTypeScriptReactAWSML SystemsDynamoDB
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Software Engineer

Aug 2024 - Mar 2025

Jersey City, NJ

Developed cloud infrastructure services and contributed to load testing frameworks. Built comprehensive documentation and automated processes for knowledge transfer and operational efficiency.

JavaAWSDistributed SystemsLoad Testing
Prime Video & Amazon Studios

Software Engineer Intern

May 2023 - Aug 2023

New York City, NY

Built a full-stack internal tool from conception to production for service debugging. Integrated with AWS services (EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, VPC). Handled 100+ requests from 35+ teams within first 2 days of launch.

React.jsAWS LambdaAPI GatewayTypeScript
Indify

Software Engineering Consultant

Jan 2023 - May 2023

Remote

Designed and built a data pipeline aggregating data from multiple APIs (TikTok, Spotify, Chartmetric). Processed and delivered 200+ qualified leads weekly, streamlining the discovery process.

PythonREST APIsData PipelinesETL
Prime Video & Amazon Studios

Amazon Propel Intern

Jun 2022 - Sep 2022

Seattle, WA

Developed adaptive bitrate quality selection algorithms improving video streaming performance by up to 15%. Authored technical design documents enabling future engineers to extend the framework.

AlgorithmsVideo StreamingTechnical Writing

Skills & Technologies

The tools and technologies I use to build scalable systems

Languages

PythonJavaJavaScriptTypeScriptKotlinRJuliaHTML/CSS

Frameworks & Libraries

React.jsNext.jsNode.jsAndroid StudioSeleniumREST APIsGraphQL

Data & ML

Data PipelinesML SystemsData ScrapingAnalyticsJupyterPandas

Infrastructure & DevOps

Distributed SystemsCI/CDDockerGitLinuxLoad Testing

AI & Generative AI

Tools

Amazon QClaude / Claude CodeChatGPTCursor

Skills

Prompt EngineeringChain-of-thought PromptingFew-shot PromptingContext OptimizationAI Pair ProgrammingAI-assisted DebuggingAI Code GenerationNatural Language to CodeLog Analysis with AIAI-powered Code Review

AWS Services

Hands-on experience building and operating production systems at Amazon scale

LambdaEC2S3DynamoDBAPI GatewayBedrockSageMakerEMRStep FunctionsCloudWatchGlueVPCIAMSNS/SQSCloudFormationAmplify

Education

MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

B.S. in Computer Science, Data Science, and Economics

B.S. in Business Analytics

Class of 2024 | GPA: 4.1

The Standard Cohort 4Interphase EDGE Scholar

Featured Projects

Production systems and data engineering projects

1

Featured Project

Prime Video Internal Developer Tools

Built a full-stack web application for debugging and testing internal services. The tool handled 100+ requests from 35+ teams within the first 2 days of launch, significantly improving cross-team collaboration and debugging efficiency.

React.jsTypeScriptAWS LambdaAPI GatewayEC2VPC
Internal/Proprietary
2

Featured Project

Adaptive Bitrate Streaming Algorithm

Developed next-generation quality selection heuristics for Prime Video, improving streaming performance by up to 15%. Created comprehensive design documentation enabling future engineers to extend and maintain the framework.

AlgorithmsVideo StreamingPerformance OptimizationTechnical Design
Internal/Proprietary
3

Featured Project

Multi-API Data Aggregation Pipeline

Designed and built a data pipeline that aggregates and processes data from multiple third-party APIs. System processes thousands of records and delivers 200+ qualified leads weekly with automated reporting.

PythonREST APIsData PipelinesETLAutomation

Other Noteworthy Projects

API Data Extraction System

Extracted and processed data from 400+ sources and 50,000+ records into a structured database, delivered weekly to stakeholders.

PythonAPIsJSONData Processing

Web Scraping Automation

Automation tool using Selenium to extract structured data from dynamic web pages for analytics and reporting.

PythonSeleniumWeb Scraping

Chatters

Android app providing small businesses a platform to advertise products and offer deals to customers.

JavaAndroid StudioFirebase

Analytics Dashboard

Weekly automated reports featuring 600+ data points aggregated from multiple sources for business intelligence.

PythonData AnalysisAutomation

Lead Generation System

Automated system for identifying and qualifying leads based on custom scoring criteria and data analysis.

PythonData ScrapingAPIs

Personal Portfolio

This website! Built with Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and Framer Motion. Deployed on AWS Amplify.

Next.jsTailwindFramer MotionAWS Amplify

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