Sonali Suri is an accomplished Software Development Engineer 2 at Amazon, with over eight years of experience designing and delivering high-impact engineering solutions across global technology organizations, including Amazon and Indus Valley Partners. Her expertise spans distributed systems, backend architecture, cloud-native infrastructure, and performance optimization—consistently delivering measurable results at scale.
At Amazon, Sonali has spearheaded transformative initiatives that have directly enhanced customer experiences. She led the redesign of the business customer registration flow, simplifying the process for over 300,000 users annually. She is currently architecting a WhatsApp-based order tracking notification system, set to benefit more than 20,000 customers with real-time updates. Her past work includes enhancements to the checkout experience such as real-time business invoice availability, multi-factor authentication, shared payment features, and invoice address updates—positively impacting over 30,000 business customers.
Beyond engineering, Sonali holds prestigious leadership positions as one of only 389 Document Bar Raisers across Amazon, ensuring top-tier documentation standards, and as one of 16 Change Manager Bar Raisers guiding organizational change for over 1,000 employees. She also serves on the Women @ Bar Raiser Committee, championing diversity, mentorship, and hiring initiatives for women in tech.
Her contributions have earned her Amazon’s Innovation Rockstar Award and Edison Award for introducing innovations that delivered measurable efficiency gains—saving over five hours weekly across teams.
Before Amazon, Sonali excelled at Indus Valley Partners, where she modernized legacy financial systems, reducing operational costs by 48% and boosting efficiency by 97% through advanced SQL optimization and automation of reconciliation processes. She also developed ETL systems and compliance tools, directly improving productivity and regulatory adherence.
Sonali is also a recognized researcher. Her paper, Synopsis: A Scalable Byzantine Distributed Ledger for IoT Networks, was accepted at IEEE BCCA 2024, and she will serve as Session Chair for the 4th IEEE World Conference on Applied Intelligence and Computing (AIC 2025). As a reviewer for IEEE and Springer conferences, she contributes to advancing research in distributed systems, cloud computing, and backend infrastructure.
Her commitment to fostering innovation extends to serving as a judge for leading international hackathons such as CodeCrunch, Smallest AI, and the Israeli-Indian Hackathon—mentoring emerging talent and encouraging problem-solving at the intersection of AI, cloud, and social good.
An active technology writer, Sonali simplifies complex technical concepts for a wider audience through her published works, including:
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SQL Isn’t Hard—It’s Just Not What You’re Taught
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Why Your Data Isn’t as Safe: SQL Injection Explained
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Why AI-Driven Cloud Architecture Is Now a Strategic Imperative
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Rebuilding Trust at Scale: How Distributed Systems Ensure Reliability
In recognition of her impact, Sonali was named a finalist for the 2025 Corporate Impact Champion Award at the #empowHERaccess Global Prestige Awards for her work at the intersection of technology and social good.
With a proven record of technical leadership, applied research, mentorship, and global impact, Sonali continues to advance the frontiers of applied computing—bridging industry innovation with societal benefit.