Rabindra Yadav

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Rabindra Yadav

Austin, TX · (206) 931-0724 · rabindrayadav9596@gmail.com · rabindrayadav.com · linkedin.com/in/rabindrayadav · github.com/rabindrayadav

Summary

Software Development Engineer II at AWS, focused on distributed systems and cloud networking: DNS architecture, IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack, VPC. Shipped global launches, reliability improvements, and multi-million-dollar cost optimizations; built AI-assisted on-call tooling (RAG on Bedrock) that cut incident investigation time by 74%.

Technical Skills

Languages
Go, Java, Python, C++, JavaScript (Node.js), SQL
Distributed Systems
Microservices, gRPC, REST, high availability, observability
Cloud
AWS (RDS, Lambda, EC2, Route 53, IAM, Bedrock), infrastructure at scale
Networking
DNS architecture (Split-Horizon), IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack, load balancing, network security
AI / ML
LLM integration, RAG, embeddings, OpenSearch / vector search, Amazon Bedrock
Tools
Docker, Kubernetes, Git, CI/CD, Linux

Experience

Software Development Engineer II

Amazon Web Services, RDS Platform Networking · Austin, TX

  • Scaled dual-stack IPv6/IPv4 across 30+ regions for ~700K public databases (18.5% of fleet); 200+ enterprise adoptions in 60 days.
  • Leading faster DNS propagation for Multi-AZ failover, projected to cut propagation time 70% and reduce failover downtime for millions of customer databases.
  • Engineered Split-Horizon DNS networking workflows; built validation across 9+ failover, conversion, and rollback scenarios.
  • Resolved fleet-wide DNS API throttling from a 200% traffic spike; 28 regional service principals and standardized configs across 25+ regions held 99.99% availability.
  • Built an AI on-call diagnostic tool (RAG + Bedrock, 10K+ docs indexed), cutting incident investigation time by 74%.
  • Unblocked a multi-million-dollar Tier-1 European bank deployment by resolving cross-team Aurora control plane inconsistencies.

Software Development Engineer I → II

Amazon Web Services, Lambda / Serverless Compute Networking · Seattle, WA (promoted Oct 2024)

  • Led microservice decoupling into a dedicated gRPC service; $3M/year infrastructure savings and 180s faster cold boots via parallel initialization.
  • Improved DNS availability from 94% to 97% for Lambda non-VPC by root-causing resource exhaustion and adding distributed rate limiting.
  • Unblocked the GA launch of Xanadu, a high-performance serverless database, by migrating legacy networking to the secure SOC2-compliant mainline.

Software Development Engineer Intern

Amazon Web Services, Lambda Networking · Seattle, WA

  • Built a network health insights dashboard automating error detection, reducing ticket resolution time by 50%.
  • Developed RESTful APIs with automated testing; received a return offer.

Teaching Assistant

University of Texas at Arlington, Computer Science · Arlington, TX

  • Built a Python automated grading system for 450+ students, cutting manual overhead 40%; Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award.

Education

B.S. Computer Science, GPA 3.94 / 4.00

University of Texas at Arlington · Arlington, TX · Maverick Academic Scholarship (80% tuition)

Certifications

AWS Certified Developer - Associate