Bio
Akhilesh Bollam is a Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of expertise in designing and delivering scalable microservices and cloud-native solutions. Currently serving as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon in Austin, Texas, he has made significant contributions to mission-critical features across Amazon’s Kindle and Alexa platforms, impacting millions of users globally. Since joining Amazon in 2020, Akhilesh has led multiple high-impact projects. He spearheaded the development of Alexa Video Skill Kit integration for Fire TV, reducing partner onboarding time by 85% from 7 weeks to less than 7 days. He also designed the Kindle Content Sharing feature, which drove a 20% increase in Kindle book purchases and resulted in approximately 350,000 books shared monthly post-launch. Currently, he is leading the implementation of a high-performance backend system for Kindle book annotations, achieving a 50% reduction in backend traffic and a 95% reduction in data loss. Before Amazon, Akhilesh gained valuable experience across diverse industries. At Oracle Health (formerly Cerner Corporation), he contributed to CareAware Connect Messenger, a clinical communication platform used across hospitals, improving care-team collaboration by 75% and patient care outcomes by 80%. He also worked at Ford Motor Company, developing Role-Based Access Control systems, and began his career at Infosys Ltd, where he led automobile insurance systems development for USAA, achieving a 40% improvement in claim processing times. Akhilesh’s technical expertise spans Java, Spring Boot, AWS services including Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, S3, SQS, and SNS. He has owned 175+ code contributions, reviewed 200+ pull requests, and consistently mentored junior engineers. His innovative approach has earned him hackathon wins at both Amazon and Oracle Health, and he has contributed to open-source projects, including publishing the VSK Fire TV Sample App on GitHub. Akhilesh holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication from Osmania University, India. With his proven track record of delivering scalable solutions and driving innovation in cloud-native architectures, he continues to make significant contributions to the technology industry.