Arya Krishnan

Arya Krishnan

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Software Engineer

San Francisco, CA

Building products at Atlassian. UC Berkeley CS & Econ grad. Passionate about shipping at scale, AI-augmented development, and making great coffee.

Experience

Atlassian

Software Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Jul 2024 - Present

  • Orchestrated the 0-to-1 development and GA launch of Atlassian Focus, scaling to 90+ Tier-1 Enterprise customers with sustained 4% WoW growth in MAUs.
  • Architected an end-to-end Strategic Event Management platform using Java Spring Boot and GraphQL, automating executive-level resource allocation and saving 240 hours per planning cycle.
  • Pioneered team-wide AI initiatives by integrating Cursor and RovoDev into the dev lifecycle, reducing manual coding tasks by 35% and mentoring the engineering org on AI-augmented workflows.
  • Engineered high-impact features including 'AI Insights' and 'Custom Fields' for Focus Areas, leveraging Generative AI to synthesize project data.
  • Owned full-stack feature delivery from backend API design to React frontend implementation, maintaining a high-velocity release schedule.
  • Resolved high-priority Sev 2 and 3 incidents as on-call lead, preventing over $10,000 in operational losses.

Atlassian

Software Engineering Intern

San Francisco, CA · May 2023 - Aug 2023

  • Drove the migration of Enterprise Cloud Trial Licenses API to a new microservice; re-engineered code from Express JS to Koa JS.
  • Set up Bitbucket CI/CD pipelines to deploy to dev, staging, and production environments; configured Docker containers and assets.
  • Tackled React component design tickets and set up NGINX redirects for experiments on Buyer Experience on atlassian.com.

Amazon AWS

Software Development Engineering Intern

Berkeley, CA · Jan 2023 - Apr 2023

  • Designed and iterated over a new version of an internal EC2 API providing more granular service routing.
  • New API maps EC2 resource IDs to zone-cell information, enhancing routing precision and optimizing operational efficiency of EC2 instances.

Amazon AWS

Software Development Engineering Intern

Seattle, WA · May 2022 - Aug 2022

  • Engineered a legacy data pipeline and UI workflow for an AWS EC2 internal tooling platform assisting 150+ customers.
  • Built tools to view, modify, and verify configuration values using DynamoDB, Guice, and Mockito testing in NodeJS.
  • Collaborated in a SCRUM development environment to create a comprehensive full-stack product.

Venture Strategy Solutions

Internal Vice President / Project Manager / Consultant

Berkeley, CA · Jan 2021 - May 2024

  • Board Member aiding executives with decision-making, training new members, and leading recruitment.
  • Managed $63,000 in funds for community events and led DEI recruitment initiatives for URM applicants.
  • Oversaw 5 consultants for fintech startup Pipe ($2B valuation) to devise a recurring revenue analytics product and go-to-market strategy.
  • Engineered a cost-optimization model in Python for Imperfect Foods trained on 1.8M+ rows of delivery and shipping data.

Projects

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OddsOn

Peer-to-Peer Challenge App

Social challenge app built with React Native + Expo where friends create and share custom challenges. Serverless backend on AWS Amplify Gen 2 with multi-environment deployment, Twilio Verify auth, and OpenAI-powered challenge generation from live sports APIs.

React NativeExpoAWS AmplifyGraphQLTwilioOpenAI
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Cafe Gough

Point of Sale System

Full-stack POS web app for a home cafe featuring dynamic ordering, cart management via Zustand, real-time shop status, Firebase backend with image uploads, admin auth, and automated SMS notifications via Twilio.

ReactNode.jsFirebaseZustandTwilioGitHub Actions
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PubGolfer

AI-Powered Pub Golf

Real-time multiplayer pub golf game with Firebase Realtime Database. Multi-stage Gemini pipeline with Google Search grounding to discover bars, curate themed routes, and assign drink challenges.

TypeScriptFirebaseGemini AIGoogle Search
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Chat App Template

Open-Source MERN Chat

Open-source MERN stack chat application template, currently being used to develop an online chat-based version of the card game Taboo.

MongoDBExpressReactNode.js
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COVID-19 Predictor Bot

Discord Bot

Winner

UC Berkeley IEEE Open Hacks - 3rd Place

Bot using multiple regression to predict daily COVID-19 cases and an estimated end date. Used by 100+ users across 10+ Discord servers.

PythonDiscord.pyMachine Learning
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Skills

Languages

PythonJavaTypeScriptKotlinC#SQLSwift

Frameworks & Libraries

ReactNode.jsGraphQLExpressKoa.jsReact NativeSpring Boot

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWSGCPAzureDockerFirebaseMongoDB

AI & Tools

GeminiClaudeCodexGit
ProficientFamiliar

Education

University of California, Berkeley

B.A. Computer Science | B.A. Economics

May 2024
AI and Machine LearningComputer SecurityEfficient AlgorithmsData StructuresDiscrete Math & ProbabilityData ScienceMachine StructuresOperating SystemsEconometricsBehavioral EconomicsFinancial EconomicsPublic Economics

Beyond the Code

DJ Showcase

DJing
Music Production
Coffee
Cooking
Hiking
Drums & Guitar
Basketball
Swimming

Travels

Tokyo, Kyoto & Osaka photo
Tokyo, Kyoto & OsakaJapan
Phuket photo
PhuketThailand
Kuala Lumpur photo
Kuala LumpurMalaysia
Singapore photo
SingaporeSingapore
Bali photo
BaliIndonesia
Chennai & Bangalore photo
Chennai & BangaloreIndia
New York photo
New YorkUSA
Chicago photo
ChicagoUSA
San Francisco photo
San FranciscoUSA
Seattle photo
SeattleUSA
Manuel Antonio photo
Manuel AntonioCosta Rica
Hawaii photo
HawaiiUSA