Fernando Dingler

Principal Engineer | AWS Strands Agents | Agent Safety
Seattle, WA • linkedin.com/in/fernandodingler • github.com/ferdingler

SUMMARY

Principal Engineer on the AWS Strands Agents team with 14 years in software engineering and cloud architecture. Focused on building safe, productive AI agents as technical lead for Strands Box and Strands Shell and a contributor to Dogwood. Previously led development of AWS Amplify Hosting features generating millions in annual recurring revenue.

EXPERIENCE

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Principal Engineer, AWS Strands Agents
Apr 2026 – Present | Seattle, WA

  • Lead technical direction for Strands Box and Strands Shell, building tools for safe AI agent execution.
  • Contribute to Dogwood, a policy language for controlling agent behavior.

Senior Software Engineer, Kiro Core (Agentic AI)
Feb 2025 – Apr 2026 | Seattle, WA

  • Built Kiro Core, the agentic AI engine powering Kiro IDE, Kiro CLI, and Kiro Web Autonomous Agent.
  • Led implementation of the authentication and telemetry backend services.
  • Worked on improving spec-driven development through neurosymbolic techniques.

Senior Software Engineer, AWS Amplify
May 2020 – Feb 2025 | Seattle, WA

  • Tech Lead for AWS Amplify Hosting, a service that powers millions of websites globally.
  • Led the development of Next.js Server-Side Rendering (SSR) and Web Application Firewall (WAF) — One of the highest-revenue generating features, bringing millions in annual recurring revenue (ARR).
  • Led abuse-prevention efforts against DDoS and crypto-mining attacks, strengthening platform security and reliability.

Senior Solutions Architect, AWS Public Sector
Jun 2018 – May 2020 | San Diego, CA

  • Transitioned from engineering to customer-facing role, supporting public sector organizations in designing secure, scalable systems on AWS.
  • Invented the Distributed Load Testing on AWS reference architecture, US Patent 11888943.
  • Joined the AWS Lambda SME group, where I co-authored a process for creating portable serverless applications (US Patent 11531526).
  • Public speaker at re:Invent 2018 (CI/CD for Serverless Apps Workshop).

Amazon

Software Engineer, Amazon Fresh
Apr 2017 – Jun 2018 | San Diego, CA

  • Built an internal application for Vendor Managers to manage and optimize product selection for Amazon Fresh across global regions.
  • Presented the system architecture on AWS’s “This Is My Architecture” series (Video) and AWS re:Invent 2017 (Video).

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Software Engineer
Jul 2013 – Apr 2017 | San Diego, CA

  • Supported development of Thermo Fisher Cloud, enabling scientists to share and analyze instrument data through AWS-based microservices.
  • Helped launch and grow a new development site in Mexico, hiring and mentoring the first 30 engineers who later expanded to 200+.
  • Embedded with new dev teams to establish engineering practices and quality standards.

Oracle

iOS Developer
Jun 2012 – Jul 2013 | Guadalajara, Mexico

  • Built Oracle Mobilytics, an iPad app for sales managers that introduced novel visualizations for sales data, which were later patented (US 20150073865).
  • Developed Oracle Voice, an iPhone app using speech-to-text to let sales representatives log customer interactions hands-free.
  • Both apps were showcased at Oracle OpenWorld 2013 and later integrated into Oracle’s CRM suite.

EDUCATION

Tecnológico de Monterrey — B.S. in Computer Science (2007 – 2012)

SKILLS

Agent Safety • Rust • Java • Kotlin • TypeScript • Distributed Systems • Microservices • AWS • CI/CD • Observability

Languages: English (Full Professional), Spanish (Native)
Certifications: Kubernetes Developer (CKAD), AWS Solutions Architect Associate, AWS Solutions Architect Professional

PATENTS

  • US11888943 - Use of Production Traffic to Load Test a Service (Jan 30, 2024)
  • US11531526 - Creating portable serverless applications (Dec 20, 2022)
  • US11513833 - Event listener for container-based execution of serverless functions (Nov 28, 2022)
  • US11494184 - Creation of transportability container files for serverless applications (Nov 8, 2022)
  • 20150073865 - Data Visualization for Prediction of Deal Performance (Mar 12, 2015)