Ronald
Balutiu
Design-minded engineer shipping high quality, high impact work.
About
I’m currently a New York-based SDE II at Amazon on the Native Commerce Ads (NCA) team, building scalable systems that support millions of daily customers. I care deeply about clear, accessible user experiences where complex and critical workflows become reliable and intuitive to use.
Previously I was a core contributor to Amazon Payments’ Seller Wallet, building the product from the ground up and growing into a subject matter expert across multiple domains.
My work spans backend systems, platform engineering, and end-to-end product flows. Within this scope, I’ve designed shared UI infrastructure and built backend services for key ad and payment workflows. I also led the EU launch of a Third Party Payments feature across seven marketplaces, coordinating engineers across multiple time zones to expand Seller Wallet internationally.
Outside of work I enjoy skiing, photography, and exploring the city I grew up in and still find endlessly interesting.
Experience
Amazon
New York, NY / Seattle, WA
- Software Development Engineer II Apr 2022 – Present
- Software Development Engineer I Aug 2020 – Apr 2022
Led development of customer-facing features supporting millions of daily ad customers, with a focus on reliability, performance, and UX. Drove cross-team delivery by aligning engineering execution with product and design priorities. Designed and maintained scalable architectures, improving system performance and long-term maintainability. Reduced latency and operational risk through targeted performance tuning, refactors, and improved review standards. Built and shipped features across core user journeys with measurable customer and business impact.
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
- CSIL System Administrator May 2018 – Jun 2020
Maintained 65+ macOS lab machines supporting 500+ daily users. Built and maintained a Mojave image using Jenkins, Ansible, Homebrew, and JS. Led server relocation and upgrades for lab imaging, backups, and web hosting.
Visa
Austin, TX
- Software Engineering Intern Jun 2019 – Sep 2019
Implemented real-time server health monitoring across 100 internal systems. Built internal tools including a custom link shortener and fleet insights dashboards. Developed security and compliance automation for 3,200+ Macs.
