Hamza Ehsan · Software engineer · Seattle

Engineer by trade. Curious by default.

I build distributed systems and AI platforms at AWS, and I’m exploring how software can make on-call work calmer through StackPilot.

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Career

Recent work across cloud services, AI platforms, trading systems, and full-stack product development.

Aug 2022 — Present

Amazon Web Services

Software Development Engineer II

Architecting distributed cloud and GenAI platforms across Amazon Connect, with work spanning cross-region resilience, AgentCore and MCP infrastructure, LLM evaluation, security, operational readiness, and large-scale cost optimization.

  • Java
  • AWS
  • Distributed systems
  • AgentCore
  • MCP

Feb 2022 — Aug 2022

NinjaTrader

Software Engineer

Led full-stack integrations during the Tradovate acquisition and redesigned onboarding, reporting, and analytics systems without disrupting live trading operations.

  • React
  • Django
  • GCP
  • Platform migration

Aug 2020 — Feb 2022

Weidert Group

Software Engineer

Built web applications, analytics tooling, APIs, and a Python/Flask CSS minification service that reduced application bundle sizes and improved first-load performance.

  • React
  • Python
  • Flask
  • Analytics

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Selected work

Products and experiments spanning AI operations, computer vision, mobile software, and data systems.

03

Writing

A small index of ideas, notes, and product thinking—kept easy to browse.

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Away from the keyboard

Cycling, reading, cooking, and the questions that come from studying both computers and people.

Outside

Cycling

Long rides, new routes, and time away from the desk.

Learning

Reading

Technology, philosophy, human behavior, and useful contrarian ideas.

Making

Cooking

A different kind of systems thinking—with a better payoff at the end.

Education

Lawrence University

Bachelor’s in Computer Science and Philosophy, 2020

Get in touch

Have an interesting problem—or a good question?

hamza-ehsan@outlook.com