**Amara Thota**
amara.thota5014@gmail.com | 510-386-5269 | Plano, Texas
linkedin.com/in/amarathota

### Technical Skills
**Proficient:** Go, JavaScript, Node.js, PHP, MySQL, React, MongoDB, AWS (EB, EC2, CloudFront, RDS, S3, SNS, Lambda, API Gateway, Redshift, Serverless), CircleCI, Docker
**Exposure:** Firebase, Python, BigQuery, Fivetran

### Professional Experience

**Gartner** – Irving, TX
*Senior Software Engineer* | Dec 2022 - Present
- Upgraded data dictionary pipeline for Gartner Peer Community to support new modules using Go, MongoDB, Amazon S3, Redshift, AWS SNS, and AWS Glue, improving real-time data accuracy by ~90%.

**TIME** – New York, NY
*Senior Software Engineer* | Apr 2020 - Dec 2022
- Led a team of 3 engineers to build TAAS (TIME Authentication and Authorization Platform) using Node.js, Firebase, and Firestore, increasing subscribers to 1M in 1 year.
- Built teacher/student dashboard for Time for Kids using Node.js, PHP, WordPress, and React, increasing digital customers by ~40%.
- Migrated legacy applications to AWS using Node.js, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and Terraform, reducing infrastructure costs by 50% monthly.

**Cognizant** – New York, NY
*Technology Analyst* | Mar 2016 - Mar 2020
- Built editorial workflow tool using PHP and WordPress, increasing team productivity by ~60%.
- Implemented GraphQL API for TIME Mobile App using Node.js, Apollo GraphQL, and AWS Lambda.

**Infosys** – Fremont, CA
*Senior Systems Engineer* | Dec 2010 - Mar 2016
- Developed data center management tools using PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL, reducing manual work by 30-40%.
- Built REST API services for Data Center Operations, reducing data-sharing requests by 80%.

### Education
**JNTU** – AP, India
*Master of Computer Applications* | June 2008

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