Nazib Sorathiya

Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon | GenAI & AGI Initiatives

San Jose, California, United States

About

I’m a Software Development Engineer at Amazon’s AGI Organization, where I serve as a founding member of the team behind nova.amazon.com. My work focuses on advancing AGI initiatives and delivering next-generation customer experiences powered by Amazon Nova foundational models. With over 7 years of experience in software engineering, I’ve built a strong foundation in developing scalable, impactful products. Prior to Amazon, I worked at Oracle, where I contributed to enterprise-grade software solutions. I’m passionate about shaping the future of AI-driven applications, building products that are both technically robust and customer-centric.

Experience

  • Amazon (Full-time · 5 yrs)
    • Senior Software Engineer
      Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    • Software Development Engineer II
      Apr 2023 - Apr 2026 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • Software Development Engineer
      Jul 2021 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of California, Santa Cruz
    Sep 2020 - Jun 2021 · 10 mos

  • Machine Learning Engineering Intern at 8x8
    Jun 2020 - Sep 2020 · 4 mos

  • University of California, Santa Cruz (Part-time · 9 mos)
    • Graduate Teaching Assistant
      Apr 2020 - Jun 2020 · 3 mos

    • Reader
      Jan 2020 - Mar 2020 · 3 mos

    • Graduate Teaching Assistant
      Oct 2019 - Dec 2019 · 3 mos

      Mentored a class of around 100 students for projects and course-work and designed the examinations for Machine Learning and Data Mining under Prof. Snigdha Chaturvedi

  • Oracle (Full-time · 2 yrs 11 mos)
    • Software Engineer
      Jan 2019 - Jun 2019 · 6 mos

      - Worked with one of the largest private banks in Taiwan on the implementation and enhancement of Flexcube Universal Banking Solution(FCUBS) version 14.2 for its multi-country rollout. - Increased efficiency by 91% using shell scripts to automate code deployment, test environments creation, patch deployment, etc.

    • Software Engineer
      Aug 2016 - Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      - Designed and developed HTTP SOAP Webservices to integrate China National Advance Payment System to handle 110,000 transactions per hour. - Led a team of 2 and worked with the director to ensure delivery, planning, and streamlining for the upgrade of core banking infrastructure for two large banks in Taiwan and Canada. - Fixed discrepancies in the core modules such as Funds Transfer, Payments, Letter of Credits, Retail Lending, Interest Calculations, etc., used by around 300 customers in 115 countries. - Automated user’s entitlements inspection reducing manual effort from 96 hours to 15 mins.