THTianlu Hou
@tianluhou
Engineering leader driving operational excellence in cloud-native data warehouse systems.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am an engineering leader with 7+ years building and operating cloud-native data warehouse systems at scale, driving cross-functional initiatives that improved reliability, performance, and cost efficiency. I have led teams responsible for Redshift Serverless infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers and millions of daily queries, delivering initiatives that cut incidents, latency, and operational overhead.
My achievements include reducing monthly Sev2 incidents by 90%, cutting cold-start and auto-code latencies substantially, shrinking patching compliance from months to days, and automating reporting and regional expansion with AI-powered tooling. I focus on people leadership, observability, security and compliance, and pragmatic technical roadmaps that align engineering outcomes with customer impact.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
ASSoftware Development Manager
Amazon Web Services
Jan 2025 - Present (1 year)
Led two engineering teams (12 engineers) for Redshift Serverless & Data API, reducing monthly Sev2 incidents by 90% and cutting auto‑code start P90 latency by 23% while optimizing fleet utilization and accelerating regional expansion.
ASSenior Software Engineer
Amazon Web Services
Mar 2022 - Dec 2024 (2 years 9 months)
Designed and launched Deep Pause Resume workflows that reduced fleet hosts from 26K to 11K and improved Deep Resume P90 latency from 300s to 60s, while leading a squad that cut monthly Sev2 incidents by 77%.
AMDeveloped and maintained customer identity systems and cloud control plane/data plane solutions for Amazon’s Santos e‑commerce platform, building CI/CD pipelines and front/back-end services to support product selling workflows.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
NUNortheastern University
Master of Science, Computer and Information Science; Electrical and Computer Engineering
Completed graduate studies in Computer and Information Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering.
TUTianjin University
Bachelor of Arts, Integrated System
Earned a bachelor's degree in Integrated Systems focusing on interdisciplinary system engineering topics.
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Software and tools used professionally
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