About

Akshay Rane is a Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon, with 8.19 years of relevant experience in the field of software development and data engineering. He is currently working in the Policy as Code space, where his team owns the roadmap for AWS CloudFormation Guard. As part of this role, Akshay is responsible for developing a CLI tool that allows shift-left testing for infrastructure components, enabling customers to author compliance policies and validate them against IaC templates. He is proficient in Rust programming language, REST APIs, System Design, and Microservices. Additionally, Akshay has experience working with other programming languages such as Java, Kotlin, and Python. Akshay's educational background includes a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai, where he graduated in 2014. He also holds a Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) in Science from Sathaye College and a Secondary School Certificate (SSC) from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Vidyalaya. Akshay's tech stack includes AWS, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, Terraform, Web, test, Kubernetes, Microservices, infra, Python, Java, and Kotlin. In his previous roles at Amazon, he worked as a Senior Data Engineer and Data Engineer, where he gained valuable experience in data engineering and software development. Overall, Akshay is a skilled software development engineer with expertise in policy as code, system design, and microservices. He is passionate about developing new tools and technologies that improve the customer experience and drive business growth.