Incoming SDE · Amazon · Summer 2026
Harvard CS + Economics

Engineering the systems behind tomorrow.

I'm Esam, a Harvard-trained software engineer who turns complex problems into reliable, well-built systems. From backend infrastructure at Amazon to ophthalmology AI research at Harvard Medical and public-interest platforms with Tech for Social Good, I build software that ships and matters.

Esam Abdelaziz portrait
Backend InfraAI / Data SystemsDistributed ServicesProduct EngineeringPublic‑Interest Tech

01 · Experience

Where I've shipped.

  1. MAY 2026 — PRESENT

    Software Development Engineer Intern · Amazon

    • Summer 2026
    Seattle, WA
  2. Feb 2026 — Present

    Student Researcher · Schepens Eye Research Institute · Harvard Medical School

    • Ophthalmology AI research with the Wang lab — applied ML for clinical imaging.
    Boston, MA
  3. May 2025 — Aug 2025

    Software Development Engineer Intern · Amazon

    • Built a feature‑management framework in Kotlin/Java + AWS to remotely roll out functionality to 100K+ connected vehicles with zero downtime.
    • Shipped an in‑app feedback API capturing 10K+ events/week and a release‑notes + known‑issues microservice on DynamoDB cutting duplicate support tickets ~20%.
    • Engineered monitoring + metrics for limited‑availability OEM releases, powering real‑time dashboards for release decisions.
    Irvine, CA

03 · Projects

Software that turns complex systems into usable tools.

01Financial Visualization

GraphIT

A visualization tool that turns dense financial data into something you can actually read.

99.9%
Uptime in production
+65%
Weekly active users post‑iteration
−40%
Backend latency
TypeScriptReactNode.jsREST APIs
GitHub
GraphIT financial visualization UI

Problem

Raw market and financial datasets are noisy, fragmented, and slow to interpret — analysts and curious users lose signal in the structure.

Solution

Built a graph‑based exploration tool with a clean UI for navigating market relationships, time series, and connected entities. Iterated on the interaction model based on user sessions to make complex data feel browsable.

Impact

Designed to make financial information faster to interpret. Iterations from 100+ user sessions drove a measurable lift in weekly active use and held 99.9% uptime in production.

What I built

  • Designed the graph data model and frontend interaction layer.
  • Optimized the backend request path, cutting latency ~40%.
  • Ran user sessions and shipped UX iterations from the findings.
02AI · Healthcare Investment

AI Investment Platform

An AI analytics platform guiding community investment decisions across a 24‑state healthcare network.

$400M
Community investments guided
24
States in healthcare network
2.3K+
Care sites supported
200+
Communities served
Next.jsReactSupabaseTypeScriptAI Analytics
Live Platform
AI investment analytics platform UI

Problem

CommonSpirit Health's community investment teams worked from fragmented spreadsheets and manual workflows — hard to compare, validate, or surface trends across hundreds of communities.

Solution

Engineered AI‑assisted dashboards, batch uploads, validation workflows, and multi‑year trend analysis on Next.js + Supabase, replacing manual processes with a decision‑ready interface for community investment.

Impact

Guides $400M in community investments across 2,300+ care sites and 200+ communities — improving reporting cadence, trend visibility, and how teams prioritize resources at scale.

What I built

  • Built batch upload + validation workflows replacing manual entry.
  • Designed multi‑year trend analysis dashboards on Supabase.
  • Shipped AI‑assisted views that turn fragmented data into decision signal.
03Public Interest · Education

Student Organizational Platform

A data management platform for Lamplight Literacy — replacing spreadsheets with a real student records system.

~100/yr
Adult learners supported
25+
Countries represented
3
Core workflows: input · class · admin
CSV
Bulk import + export
ReactNext.jsSupabaseTypeScript
Live Platform
Student data management platform UI

Problem

Lamplight Women's Literacy serves adult learners through ESOL and Healthcare Careers Pathway programs. Student data lived across spreadsheets, files, intake records, advising notes, assessments, and enrollment records — slow to retrieve, hard to analyze, easy to lose.

Solution

Built a database‑backed platform unifying registration, enrollment, assessments, advising notes, goals, and outcomes. MVP supports student input, class‑level student views, and admin maintenance — with search, filters, sort, CSV import/export, manual entry, detailed student records, and an admin whitelist.

Impact

Built for a nonprofit serving roughly 100 adult learners per year from 25+ countries. Replaces scattered spreadsheet workflows with a foundation for program tracking, advising, and reporting.

What I built

  • Modeled the database tables spanning registration through outcomes.
  • Shipped student table with search, filter, sort, and CSV export.
  • Built detailed student views, manual entry, and bulk CSV import.
  • Added admin whitelist + role‑based access for staff.

04 · Skills

The stack I build with.

Languages

  • Python
  • C / C++
  • Java
  • JavaScript / TypeScript
  • Kotlin
  • HTML / CSS

Used for · Kotlin + Java powering Amazon's connected‑vehicle feature platform.

Frameworks & Tools

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • Flask
  • PyTorch
  • AWS
  • REST APIs
  • Supabase
  • DynamoDB
  • Git
  • Linux
  • Android

Used for · React + Supabase + Next.js for T4SG dashboards and student platforms.

Domains

  • Backend Infrastructure
  • Distributed Services
  • AI / Data Systems
  • Product Engineering
  • Internal Tools
  • Public‑Interest Tech

Used for · Python + PyTorch for ophthalmology AI research at Harvard Medical.

05 · Leadership

How I lead.

I build tools and communities around people, not the other way around.

01 · Ownership

Take the messy problem end‑to‑end. Define the scope, ship the cut, and stay accountable for what's actually in users' hands.

02 · Mentorship

The work multiplies when the people around it grow. I invest in mentees, teammates, and the next class behind me.

03 · Systems thinking

Most engineering problems are organizational. I look for the system underneath, then build the tool that makes it run.

06 · Contact

Let's build something that actually works.

Reach out for software engineering, AI/data systems, product engineering, and product‑minded technical roles, or just to talk shop.

© 2026 Esam Abdelaziz · Cambridge, MABuilt in TanStack Start + React