Mohit Kaushal - Software Development Engineer 2 - Amazon

Summary

Software Development Engineer with 6+ years of experience at building highly scalable financial automation systems processing billion-scale transactions. Expertise in distributed system design, accounting rule engines, data warehousing, and AI-driven operational tooling. Strong experience in architecture design, code reviews, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with cross-functional teams across finance, retail, and platform services.

Overview

8

years of professional experience

Work History

Software Development Engineer 2

Amazon

10.2021 - Current

Technical lead for Brutus, Amazon’s internal procurement accounting automation platform (Amazon Buying from Amazon) responsible for automated financial reclassification from Revenue to OPEX across countries and retail-finance systems.
Designed and architected accounting automation workflows processing 1M+ transactions annually using transformation rule engine logic for audit-compliant financial treatment.
Developed distributed backend services in Java and SQL integrating with retail, procurement, and finance reporting systems.
Delivered solutions contributing to $150M+ annual cost savings by eliminating revenue leakage and manual reconciliation.
Led country expansion initiatives, implementing complex tax, accounting, and business rules for new geographies.
Collaborated with 20+ cross-functional teams to resolve system dependencies and drive architecture alignment.
Built event-driven workflows using AWS Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, SQS, Step Functions, EC2, CloudWatch.
Worked extensively with DynamoDB for high-scale transaction state management and reconciliation tracking.
Designed and maintained ETL pipelines, data reconciliation jobs, and reporting datasets in Redshift, visualized through QuickSight dashboards.
Developed AI-based operational tools using MCP server integrations and agentic workflows to reduce on-call effort and improve incident resolution time.
Used CI/CD pipelines, CLI automation, and Kiro IDE for efficient build, deployment, and monitoring.
Performed regular code reviews, design reviews, testing, and operational reviews while mentoring team members.
Converted complex finance workflows into reusable, scalable engineering components.

Software Developer

Shanghari Global Pvt. Ltd

05.2018 - 07.2019

Developed backend services for cryptocurrency wallet, trading bot, and blockchain monitoring platforms.
Built REST APIs and Hyperledger Fabric chaincode using NodeJS, MongoDB, Solidity, Redis.
Designed secure key storage, transaction tracking, and exchange integration services.

Education

B.Tech - Computer Science & Engineering

Amity University

Gurgaon

Skills

Languages: Java, C, SQL
AWS: Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, Step Functions, Redshift, QuickSight, CloudWatch, EC2

Systems: Distributed Systems, System Design, ETL Pipelines, Data Warehousing, Microservices
AI/Automation: MCP Integrations, Agentic Workflows, CI/CD

Websites

Accomplishments

HackerRank: Advanced Skill Certificate (hackerrank.com/certificates/a8632ecda88b)
HackerRank HackFest 2020 (Silver)
GeeksforGeeks Rank: 389
Gold Medalist in Computer Engineering
Dr. Ashok Chauhan Scholarship (2014-2018)

Timeline