Kenny Polyak
Software Engineer at Amazon
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKenny Polyak is a software engineer with over a decade of experience delivering scalable, maintainable systems at the intersection of technical problem solving and empathetic design. He is currently shaping large-scale platforms at Amazon, following impactful roles at Wayfair and a teaching fellowship at Galvanize. As founder and principal of Polyak Productions, he combines entrepreneurial leadership with hands-on engineering to turn ideas into customer-focused software. He holds a BA in Philosophy and Modern Languages from Kenyon College and a bilingual IB diploma, reflecting strong analytical thinking and fluency in French and Russian. Based in the United States, he collaborates across product, design, and operations to deliver delightful, reliable software experiences. His humanities background informs a thoughtful, user-centered approach to engineering and leadership.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. Philosophy, B.A. Modern Languages, B.A. Philosophy, B.A. Modern Languages at Kenyon CollegeBilingual International Baccalaureate Diploma (fluent in French and Russian), Bilingual International Baccalaureate Diploma (fluent in French and Russian) at French American International School (San Francisco, CA)
Russian, French, English
Github Skills (14)
building-blocks9
docker-compose7
docker6
campus5
survey5
nyc5
dgraph3
react2
nodejs2
reactor2
visualization2
graphql1
recursion1
data-visualization1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kapolyak/docker101-demo
Feb 2019 - May 2020
A simple repo to help demonstrate the building-blocks of Docker.
Contributions:17 commits, 8 pushes in 1 year 3 months
docker-composebuilding-blocksdocker
CozySheetz/Booker
Oct 2018 - May 2019
A reservation booking microservice built for an AirBnb clone using React, Styled Components, and a simple Node/Express backend
Contributions:8 PRs, 58 pushes, 6 branches in 7 months
reactnode-expressexpressjsairbnbexpress
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