Shephalika Shekhar is a Software Development Engineer II at Amazon, where they have been since 2021, following their role as a Software Development Engineer I from 2019 to 2021. They have expertise in building GenAI-powered platforms and managed the complete software development cycle, including designing Application Programming Interfaces and creating infrastructure using CloudFormation and CDK. Shephalika also served as a Graduate Assistant - System Administrator at the Illinois Institute of Technology from 2018 to 2019 and began their career as a Software Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services from 2014 to 2017. They hold a Master's degree in Information Technology and Management from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communications Engineering from West Bengal University of Technology.