Ami Ikanovic
Summary
Software Engineer with 4 years of experience building cloud-native, distributed systems. Extensive experience developing microservices, customer-facing APIs, and AWS-based architectures. Strong background in solving complex production challenges and delivering secure, scalable solutions.
Skills
Languages: Go, Javascript, Java, Python, SQL, Terraform, C
Technologies: AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, Athena, ECS), Snowflake, Databricks
Spoken Languages: English (Native), Bosnian-Croation (Native)
Experience
- Developed a parser-driven query analysis engine within a transactional database proxy using ANTLR, normalizing T-SQL, PL/SQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL activity into a common syntax tree for real-time policy evaluation, auditing, query blocking, and risk controls Feature video
- Architected and developed an automated data access request and approval system for Snowflake and Databricks, allowing users to request access through a UI while automatically executing RBAC grants across databases, schemas, tables, columns, and views after approval
- Developed a reusable, cross-language Lambda extension that allowed internal feature teams to add event auditing to new APIs through a local endpoint, standardizing customer-visible audit history across the platform
- Led backend refactors across legacy platform components, reducing dependency on an over-engineered graph database layer and replacing it with real-time API-driven workflows
- Designed and delivered scalable APIs powering ALTR's enterprise data security platform, including automated data tagging, query audit services, and fine-grained data access management
- Built operational tooling and log-driven debugging workflows that helped engineering and support teams investigate customer issues faster
- Brought customer-facing context into product engineering by translating customer pain points and ecosystem knowledge into backend product decisions and implementation details
- Secured a multi-year contract with a Fortune 10 oil and gas company by architecting, developing, and integrating a format-preserving encryption solution into their data pipelines, securing hundreds of millions of data points weekly Article · Patent application
- Productized the format-preserving encryption solution as a Snowflake Native App, allowing Snowflake customers to install and integrate encryption workflows directly within their existing Snowflake environment App
- Served as a technical subject matter expert across the data ecosystem, translating business, regulatory, and risk requirements into product integrations and architecture recommendations
- Built custom scripts, API integrations, and proof-of-concept solutions for customers, prospects, and partners across ETL, data catalog, classification, and BI tools including Matillion, Atlan, Sigma, and Alation Open source
- Integrated Workday into HR and financial systems by developing enterprise service bus applications using MuleSoft and Active Directory
- Modernized the enterprise service bus application stack by redesigning and upgrading services from MuleSoft 3 to MuleSoft 4
Education
Capstone: Augmented reality application to visualize real-time and historical location-based data on an interactive globe
HoloLens 2 · Python Django · GraphQL · Mixed Reality Toolkit · 3rd place out of 47