Nadal Alyafaie

Software Engineer at Amazon

Los Angeles, California, United States

About

Experience

  • Software Engineer, Amazon Music at Amazon
    Apr 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 3 mos

    • Issued Patent Holder: Invented and filed a patented technique utilizing audio segments for expression with Amazon. • Mobile Client Platform Bar Raiser: Reviewed and influenced architectural decisions across teams, serving as a technical design advisor for mobile initiatives. • Amazon Music Home Team: Built and deployed full-stack solutions on AWS and native iOS to improve customer engagement and music discovery. • Amazon Music Search Team: Developed iOS, Android, and React Native projects to enhance search functionality and improve the customer experience. • Leadership & Mentorship: Led projects involving interns and new graduate hires, coordinating multiple developers to successfully launch production features.

  • Founder/Lead Developer at Metronome
    Aug 2017 - Oct 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Developed and launched an iOS application that provides an innovative approach to recording videos with music and filters • Award Winning start up taking first place at the 59 Days of Code competition in Fresno, CA. • Worked with AVFoundation and Core Media to integrate video and external audio integration • Integrated Spotify’s SDK to provide a wide variety of music libraries • Implemented various social media API’s for sharing capabilities

  • iOS Engineer Intern at RingCentral
    Jun 2018 - Sep 2018 · 4 mos

    Developed UI/UX components for the Glip messaging application • Made meaningful contributions to a code base with 100,000+ lines of code • Extensive work with UIKit and building custom views and animations • Fixed existing bugs and enhanced user experience and transitional designs

  • Frontend Developer(student) at Amazon Lab126
    Jan 2018 - Jun 2018 · 6 mos

    Lead a team to develop a web console for live IoT data • Built an interactive dashboard using React.js • Implemented bootstrap to constrain console within multiple web browsers • Worked with chart.js to display various data visualizations

  • Creator at Dab Like Diplo
    Jan 2016 - Jun 2016 · 6 mos

    Created an iOS game that tests a players reflexes, tapping speed, and handeye coordination in a fun and creative manner • Over 100K downloads and was ranked top 100 music gaming applications in the Apple app store for over a year • Worked with SpriteKit to deliver cutting edge gaming functionalities • Successfully made several sprite nodes and particle effects alter properties based on music frequency, bass and treble