Ami Ikanovic
Skills
Languages: Golang, Javascript, Java, Python, C, SQL
Technologies: AWS (ECS, Step Function, Lambda, Dynamo, RDS, SNS, & more), Snowflake, Databricks, ANTLR, Terraform
Spoken Languages: English (Native), Bosnian (Native)
Experience
Software Engineer II
, ALTR — Melbourne, FL
Sept 2024 – Mar 2026
- Developed a parser-driven CRUD and query analysis engine using ANTLR to analyze and govern T-SQL, PL/SQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL activity, enabling real-time audit, compliance, and risk controls.
- Enabled customers to define and enforce compliant versus non-compliant data access policies, preventing unauthorized access, auditing unusual activity, and increasing confidence in compliance.
- Architected and developed an automated data access governance and approval system for Databricks and Snowflake, replacing customers' manual workflows with a non-technical frictionless interface.
- Accelerated data-driven decision-making by automating governance and approval processes, freeing teams from manual coordination and enabling faster business outcomes.
- Enabled feature teams to rapidly integrate event auditing into any API by developing a reusable, cross-language framework, ensuring the platform can quickly meet regulatory compliance for customers.
- Improved engineering velocity by becoming an additional subject matter expert in Golang, AWS services, and multiple applications across the stack.
Software Engineer I
, ALTR — Melbourne, FL
Mar 2024 – Sept 2024
- Designed and delivered scalable APIs and backend services to power ALTR's enterprise data security platform, including automated data-tagging, query audit services, and fine-grained data access management features leveraging AWS Step Functions, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, and Athena.
- Built automation and operational tooling that improved customer-facing issue resolution time.
- Improved product engineers' understanding of the market by successfully transferring knowledge and context during a transition from a customer-facing technical role to a product engineering role.
Field Engineer — Office of the CTO
, ALTR — Melbourne, FL
Aug 2022 – Mar 2024
- Secured a multi-year contract with a Fortune 10 oil and gas company by developing, deploying, and integrating a format-preserving encryption solution within their data pipelines that actively secures hundreds of millions of data points weekly.
- Served as a data ecosystem subject matter expert, translating business, regulatory, and risk requirements into technical solutions for internal stakeholders, customers, and prospects.
- Improved conversion and retention rates by regularly leading streamlined POC workshops with prospects, integrating with partners, and developing custom solutions for customers.
Application Developer Intern
, Guide One Insurance — Des Moines, IA
Apr 2020 – Dec 2021
- Integrated Workday into HR and financial systems by developing enterprise service bus applications using MuleSoft and Active Directory.
- Modernized the enterprise service bus application stack by redesigning and upgrading services from MuleSoft 3 to MuleSoft 4.
Education
Iowa State University
— BS in Software Engineering
May 2022
Capstone: Visualize real-time and historical geographic data on an interactive globe — HoloLens 2 — 3rd / 47 teams