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Computer Science and Software Engineering Capstone Presentations

Summer Quarter

August 21, 2020

David Kim

"Amazon Internship"

(Amazon)

Manager: Akshay Kumar

Mentors: Thomas An & Sven Eberhardt

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kelvin Sung

Abstract

Amazon is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington. Amazon is a great company that not only focuses on its products like e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence, but also focuses on customers and providing a great customer experience. At Amazon I was lucky to be part of the Smart Home Machine Learning team. The Smart Home Machine Learning team works on products and services related to smart home devices such as smart lights, smart fridges, smart speakers, and much more. The type of project I would be working on is a software development project related to machine learning. The cool thing about this project is that I would be developing this software component from scratch with the help of my mentors and manager. Because of this, I got to learn a lot about the process of developing software in the real world. I got to learn about how to create a design document for software at Amazon and I got the opportunity to apply some of the knowledge from CSS 360 and CSS 370 courses. I also learned more about how to write industry standard code from my mentor and how to make use of tools such as IntelliJ, Junit, and the Mockito framework. I also learned more about how to use git and the importance it has in software development. Finally, and most importantly, I learned and gained

experience working in a team environment. I participated in scrum meetings providing members of the team information about what I was working on while also being informed about what everyone else in the team was doing which kept everyone on track and informed. It was a really great experience and it gave me the opportunity to develop my teamwork communication skills. Overall, this internship has been a great experience and something that has greatly developed my career as an upcoming software engineer, and I am looking forward to continuing my path and career in this industry.

Updated August 19, 2020, 18:00