Advancing High Availability in Cloud Infrastructure

Apeksha Jain is a Distributed Applications Architect with nearly a decade of experience building large-scale applications, within a broader 17+ years of global experience leading customer-impacting projects across the U.S., U.K., and India. She has worked with the world’s leading technology companies, including Amazon, Arista Networks, and Broadcom. She is currently a Principal Engineer at Arista Networks, pioneers in software-driven cloud networking solutions.

Beyond her expertise in architecting large-scale applications, Apeksha has also made significant contributions to cloud infrastructure, the backbone of modern distributed applications. She engineered a patented solution that enhanced the availability in cloud infrastructure of the leading cloud providers.

Apeksha has been an Engineering Lead at Amazon, where she led an engineering team in the People Experience Technology division, built the infrastructure services for Amazon’s highly scalable and high-performance HR system for managing its extensive workforce worldwide. In addition to her technical leadership, Apeksha has expertise in project management, stakeholder engagement, cross-functional team collaboration, driving innovation, setting technical direction, and outlining product roadmap.

Industry contributions: In addition to Apeksha’s professional excellence, she makes contributions to the tech community. She has served as a hackathon judge in ReverieHacks for Gen AI projects, Techrity Hackathon, held in Africa, where she evaluated large-scale solutions in Climate, Education, and Healthcare, and in AWS hackathon at Wellesley College, where she also served as a career panelist.

Apeksha is the Vice Chair of the IEEE NH section and a Senior member of IEEE. She is a research paper reviewer, author, and a speaker in IEEE. Apeksha is a mentor and an advocate for women in technology. She is the Global Ambassador for Empowering Women In Tech Alliance (EWTA), Boston location. She was also recognized as a top 1% mentor in ADPList in 2024.

Apeksha is the recipient of the TITAN Platinum Technical Professional of the Year Award, and the International Achievers Award for excellence in her field, showcasing her global impact.

Apeksha Jain's contributions in cloud computing goes beyond technical expertise, showcasing her dedication through professional achievements and contributions to the tech community.