I build dependable backend systems for complex, high-stakes planning problems.
I’m Lucas Elia, a software engineer at AWS in Seattle. I work on backend systems for capacity planning.
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My career as a capacity plan
My path into software wasn’t traditional. Before becoming an engineer, I owned and operated small businesses, then entered technology through an apprenticeship.
Each bar opens that role. The axis skips 2015 to 2020 to give recent roles more room.
Experience
Dec 2025 to now
Full-time
Build and own core architecture for AWS’s capacity-planning platform, which transforms demand forecasts and supply signals into executable, time-phased capacity plans.
Mar 2023 to Dec 2025
Full-time
Designed and delivered backend services and cloud infrastructure for AWS’s capacity-planning platform, helping establish the foundation used to run large-scale planning and optimization workloads.
Sep 2022 to Mar 2023
Full-time
Joined AWS through its Software Development Engineer Apprenticeship, contributing to backend services that aggregate infrastructure usage and forecasting data into multi-year demand signals.
Jun 2022 to Oct 2022
Contract
Java Developer, Office 365 & SharePoint Consultant
Expert Assist
Contributed to the Java backend of an electric-vehicle charging application, implementing server-side functionality as part of a client delivery team.
Jun 2008 to Apr 2014
Self-employed
Co-founded and operated three independent hospitality businesses across the greater Sacramento area, gaining hands-on experience in business development, team leadership, financial management, compliance, and day-to-day operations.
Education
Oct 2021 to Aug 2022
Backend Development
BloomTech
Completed BloomTech’s Backend Development program from October 2021 through August 2022.
Completed. No degree awarded.
Aug 2006 to May 2008
General Studies
Sierra College
Completed approximately two years of general-education coursework at Sierra College. No degree was awarded.
Attended. No degree awarded.