About
I’m a software engineer working on database networking at AWS.
I’m Rabindra Yadav, a Software Development Engineer II based in Austin, Texas. My work on the RDS networking team includes DNS, IPv6 support, and database availability.
I grew up in Gaighat, Nepal, and came to Texas to study computer science at UT Arlington. I enjoy understanding how systems fit together and working through the details that help them run reliably.
I’m also interested in practical uses of AI. Recently, I built a diagnostic tool on Amazon Bedrock that helps engineers search technical documentation during incidents. Outside work, I explore iOS apps and small software projects.
Where I've been
Graduated Dec 2022
B.S. Computer Science, UT Arlington
Arlington, Texas · GPA 3.94 / 4.00
Maverick Academic Scholarship covered 80% of tuition. Won the Cyneta Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award, partly by building a Python grading engine that cut manual grading overhead 40% for 450+ students.
May - Aug 2022
SDE Intern, AWS
Lambda Networking · Seattle, Washington
Built a network health insights dashboard that automated error detection and cut ticket resolution time in half. I joined full-time after the internship.
Jan 2023 - Mar 2025
SDE I → II, AWS
Serverless Compute Networking · Seattle, Washington · promoted Oct 2024
Led a microservice decoupling initiative, moving networking logic into a dedicated gRPC service, saving $3M a year in infrastructure with cold boots 180 seconds faster. Pushed DNS availability from 94% to 97% for Lambda non-VPC environments by root-causing resource exhaustion. Unblocked the GA launch of Xanadu by migrating its legacy networking stack to the secure, SOC2-compliant mainline.
Mar 2025 - present
SDE II, AWS
RDS Platform Networking · Austin, Texas
Worked on the dual-stack IPv6 launch across 30+ regions for ~700K public databases. Resolved a fleet-wide DNS API throttling issue and restored 99.99% availability. Built the AI on-call diagnostic tool. Currently working on faster DNS propagation for Multi-AZ failover, projected to cut propagation time by 70% across millions of customer databases.
Contact
If you’d like to get in touch, you can reach me at rabindrayadav9596@gmail.com.