Shivam Kundra

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SDE at Amazon

Delhi, India

Overview

Shivam is a Software Engineer at Amazon building high-scale, event-driven backend systems that process over 700 million events monthly. His expertise lies in backend performance optimization and creating reliable, fault-tolerant infrastructure. He is a Bachelor of Technology graduate from KIET Group of Institutions and previously worked on production-scale GenAI systems at Oriserve.

Outside of work, Shivam is a dedicated competitive programmer, having achieved a "KNIGHT" badge and a high rating on LeetCode. He reflects on personal growth and resilience, drawing parallels from his own journey of navigating challenges and changes, especially since moving abroad in 2019 just before the pandemic.

He was a winner of the Smart India Hackathon for building a national disaster alert system for the Indian government (NDRF) that has over 500, 000 downloads.

Personality Overview

Demanding

Upfront

Judgemental

They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles.  They care equally about the product and its potential impact. They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value.

Topics They Care About

Scalable Backend Systems
Focuses on building high-scale, event-driven systems with an emphasis on reliability, fault tolerance, and cost efficiency at Amazon.
Production GenAI
Led the migration of NLP chatbots to a production RAG architecture using GPT and vector search, serving over 5 million daily users at a previous company.
Competitive Programming
Actively participates in coding challenges, having earned the "KNIGHT" badge on LeetCode with a rating of 2045.

Media Appearances

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Work History

12-2025
SDE at Amazon
8-2024 - 10-2025
SDE at Oriserve
1-2024 - 5-2024
Engineering Intern at Unthinkable Solutions
4-2022 - 8-2022
Winner Smart India Hackathon at Smart India Hackathon
6-2021 - 6-2022
Member at KIET Koders Korner

Education

2020 - 2024
Bachelor of Technology - BTech from KIET Group of Institutions
12th from Dav Sahibabad

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Insights For Selling To Shivam

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Ask them questions confidently while doing discovery, don’t be apologetic
  • Highlight the competitive differentiation of your product
  • Be crisp while making the pitch

DONT's

  • Don’t expect them to change their mind quickly if they say no once
  • Avoid repeating yourself or making generalizations
  • Refrain from asking too many questions

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Shivam is

  • Confidence in the product plays an important role, followed by powerful testimonials.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Shivam

  • They might hesitate a little, but they will say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Shivam move?

  • Their decision making speed is somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Shivam take some risk or not?

  • Once they have analyzed the pros and cons, they can take some risks.

You And Shivam

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