Reed Cozart
Software Development Engineer II at Amazon
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolReed Cozart is a cloud-native full stack engineer with 10 years of experience building scalable, secure services for large enterprises, currently driving HR web and mobile systems at Amazon. He blends front-end React/TypeScript work with backend Java/Kotlin and Node.js, and has architected AWS-first microservices using API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB and other serverless patterns. Reed has a track record of measurable impact—reducing a Lambda microservice latency by 80% and designing an authorization service that protects millions of users on Amazon’s AtoZ apps. Earlier roles at IBM deepened his expertise in Spring Boot microservices, Kubernetes, and developer-facing APIs, while his background in electrical engineering informs a pragmatic, systems-oriented approach. He mentors junior engineers, serves as a trusted design reviewer, and has been identified as leadership potential through IBM’s management program. Based in Seattle, Reed combines production-grade cloud engineering with a knack for performance tuning and operational security.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
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Github Skills (58)
ibm-cloud10
cloudant10
mern10
starter-kit9
cloud-foundry9
cloud-application9
mongodb9
mean9
expressjs8
vcenter8
netsuite8
netscaler8
mongodb-database8
apigee8
nodejs8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
reedcozart/embedded_systems
Feb 2016 - Apr 2017
Contributions:63 commits, 28 PRs, 51 pushes in 1 year 2 months
reedcozart/nodejs-cloudant
Sep 2019 - Jan 2020
cloudant + node.js + express
Contributions:8 PRs, 12 pushes, 2 branches in 4 months
cloudantexpressjsnode-jsjavascriptexpress
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