RANIA ANSARI
PRODUCT‑MINDED SOFTWARE ENGINEER
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Product-minded engineer with experience designing and shipping internal tools used by infrastructure, operations, and marketing
teams. Strong background in systems thinking, workflow design, and data-driven decision support. Passionate about reducing
complexity and building tools people trust under pressure.
SKILLS
Programming Languages: Python, Java, C++, Go, JavaScript, Scala, SQL, HTML/CSS
Frameworks and Technologies: Django, Flask, Vue.js, Azure, AWS, Pytest, RESTful APIs, TCP, UDP, Linux
Tools and Platforms: Git, Docker, Postgres, Redis, Celery, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Grafana, Prometheus, Jira
Practices: Agile/Scrum, Test-Driven Development (TDD), CI/CD (GitLab, GitHub Actions), Distributed Systems
Product & UX: System design, User‑Centered Thinking, Stakeholder Alignment, Design Documentation, Canva, Figma
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Software Engineer, Amazon
May 2025 – Present
Leading end‑to‑end design and implementation of a third‑party social signal API pipeline, including requirements gathering,
design documentation, and stakeholder alignment with product and marketing teams
Defined data contracts, ingestion workflows, and API surfaces with a focus on clarity, usability, and long‑term scalability
Authored design docs outlining user needs, tradeoffs, edge cases, and success metrics
Built secure data collaboration infrastructure supporting advertising partnerships across North America, Europe, and APAC,
enabling expansion of streaming platform advertising revenue
Enhanced analytics dashboards with demographic dimensions (age, gender), enabling more granular campaign performance
analysis
Implemented automated data quality monitoring and validation rules to ensure integrity of high‑value signals
Maintained 100% availability during on‑call rotations; created operational documentation to improve incident response and
knowledge transfer
Software Engineer, Graphiant
January 2023 – May 2025
Collaborated with Product and Marketing to script, record, and edit 3 customer-facing demo videos, translating complex
infrastructure features into clear, user-centered narratives for customers and internal teams
Designed and built internal tools and dashboards to visualize global network health and backbone performance
Developed automation to reduce manual operational workflows, improving team efficiency by ~30%
Collaborated with infrastructure and networking teams to support backbone stability and production upgrades
Led incident triage and mitigation during on‑call rotations, balancing rapid action with long‑term reliability
Software Engineering Intern, Graphiant
June 2022 - September 2022
Developed Python-based system tools, improving task automation and team efficiency by 15%
Coordinated sprint planning for a cross-functional team, ensuring timely delivery of project milestones
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science & Mathematics
September 2019 - January 2023
Santa Clara University
Minor: Technical Innovation, Design Thinking, and the Entrepreneurial Mindset
PROJECTS
Book Club Platform: Designed and built a reader community platform to connect users and facilitate book discussions
BroncoSec Club CTF Website: Created a Flask-based website hosting cybersecurity challenges, tutorials, and resources.
Improved user engagement by 40% through intuitive navigation and centralized content.
Password Policy Effectiveness Research: Led a study on password policy vulnerabilities using Shell scripting and C++.
Findings influenced the Professor’s teaching to include updates to strengthen password security.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Scholarly Publication: Secure Digital Contact Tracing Methods Are Necessary for Slowing Down COVID-19
Featured speaker in a company-wide published BrightTalk video: Streamlined Success
