AWS She Builds Tech Skills is a program designed to showcase women and their technical skills and advance their careers in the tech industry. Hear from AWS Solutions Architects and our guests from around the world on how they architected their Cloud solution. You can also learn about how they built their career on Cloud. With a focus on AWS Cloud services and hands-on learning experiences, this program provides the perfect opportunity for all technologists to build their expertise and career in the Cloud. We're also streaming live on the AWS Twitch channel, so if you want to see the demos and the architecture, head over to our Twitch live session on https://www.twitch.tv/aws every 3rd Thursday at 6-7PM US Pacific Time. We're also available via YouTube on the AWS She Builds channel here. https://www.youtube.com/@awsshebuilds6774 ]]>
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April 6, 20269 min
Episode 77 AWS She Builds Architecture diagrams with generative AI: Leveraging AI agents
Master the use of generative AI-powered software agents for creating and analyzing architecture diagrams and technical documentation. Learn to work with various diagram formats, from images to diagram-as-code representations. Explore chat-based workflows that leverage Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for enhanced capabilities. Practice integrating custom context rules, example diagrams, and enterprise knowledge sources. Gain hands-on experience building effective architect profiles for AI-powered documentation workflows."
March 23, 202630 min
Episode 76 AWS She Builds Innovating with AI Driven Development Life Cycle (AI-DLC)
Join hosts MJ Zulueta and Tamara Gagliardi as they explore AI-DLC with guest Titi Ogundeji, who reveals how this transformative approach positions AI as a central collaborator throughout the entire software development lifecycle. Discover how AI-DLC differs from traditional SDLC methodologies and learn practical implementation strategies that can get your team started in just one day.
March 16, 202618 min
Episode 75 AWS She Builds Building Intelligent Agents with Amazon Nova Act
Join AWS experts Jane Ridge, Brittany Wolfrom, and Fathima Kamal as they explore Amazon Nova Act—AWS's breakthrough service for building reliable AI agents that automate browser-based workflows at enterprise scale. Through live demonstrations and practical use cases, discover how this AI-powered browser automation adapts to changing web interfaces and learn deployment strategies for QA testing, data extraction, and workflow automation.
September 25, 202558 min
Episode 74 AWS She Builds: AWS GenAI Innovation Center Spotlight
Join AWS She Builds Tech Skills hosts, Brittany Wolfrom and Jane Ridge for an exclusive deep-dive into generative AI innovation with Parmida Atighehchian and Smita Bailur, expert builders and advisors from the AWS GenAI Innovation Center. Discover how leading organizations are successfully implementing AI solutions across industries and learn practical strategies you can apply today.Our guests bring hands-on experience architecting and deploying GenAI applications for enterprise clients. They’ll share current industry trends, demonstrate real-world solutions, and provide actionable guidance for building your own GenAI applications on AWS.What You’ll Walk Away Learning: 🎯🏢 AWS GenAI Innovation Center Deep-Dive - How the team operates as both advisors and builders, working directly with organizations to solve complex challenges📈 Industry Trends & Patterns - Latest GenAI developments and adoption patterns across sectors like healthcare, finance, and retail💡Real Solutions - Case studies showing how GenAI solves actual business problems and drives measurable outcomes⚒️ Live Demo - Hands-on demonstration of GenAI application development and deployment best practices🎯 Implementation Strategy - Key architectural considerations, cost optimization, and scaling strategies for GenAI solutions⚖️ Expert Best Practices - Technical and strategic recommendations from practitioners who’ve built dozens of production GenAI systemsPerfect for: Developers, architects, product managers, and technical leaders interested in practical GenAI implementation strategies and AWS AI/ML services.
September 18, 202558 min
Episode 73 AWS She Builds: AI Driven Development with Kiro & Q CLI
Explore how you can leverage Kiro and Q CLI to elevates the quality of what you are building in a more efficient way. On this episode we will walk through a real-world example showing how Kiro's unique design → requirements → tasks workflow can be implemented. You will learn how Kiro breaks down complex specs into manageable, precise tasks while maintaining a holistic view of the project. The Q CLI integration showes how seamlessly these components work together, making it feel like having an expert architect guiding every decisionKey takeaway: This isn't just about coding faster—it's about building better. And it can be applied to any industry and scope of work.
September 11, 202556 min
Episode 72 AWS She Builds: The MCP Revolution: AWS Team's Journey from Internal Tools to Open Source AI Infrastructure
Discover the cutting-edge world of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and how they're revolutionizing AI code assistants!Join the AWS PACE team as they share their incredible journey from internal hackathon project to releasing 30+ open source MCP servers that are transforming how developers interact with AI assistants like Amazon Q Developer.What You'll Learn:🔧 Model Context Protocol Fundamentals - Understanding MCP and why it's the future of AI assistant integration🚀 Real-World MCP Development - Live demos of AWS MCP servers in action with code assistants📈 Open Source Success Story - How a team hackathon became a viral open source project featured in AWS blogs⚡ AWS Service Integration - See MCP servers connecting AI assistants to AWS services seamlessly🎯 Best Practices & Lessons Learned - Practical insights from building and maintaining 30+ MCP servers🌟 Emerging Technology Focus - How the PACE team identifies and builds the next generation of developer toolsFeatured Team: Meet Alexa Perlov, Anita Lewis, and Jimin Kim from the AWS PACE team who've made MCP development their specialty, with extensive open source experience including their GenAI constructs library and numerous community contributions.Perfect for: Developers interested in AI assistant extensibility, open source contributors, AWS developers looking to enhance their AI workflows, and anyone curious about the future of developer tooling and AI integration.
September 4, 202559 min
Episode 71 AWS She Builds: Build Your First Agent Workflow with Strands
Join us for a technical deep dive with Piyali Kamra, Senior Solutions Architect at AWS, as we dive into the powerful world of agentic AI using Strands Agents — a modern, flexible framework that enables developers to orchestrate intelligent workflows faster than ever. In this session, we'll introduce what Strands Agents are and how they operate within the broader agentic AI ecosystem. You'll learn how to set up your development environment with minimal effort, and we’ll guide you through building a functional demo agent workflow from scratch using AWS tools. Along the way, we’ll share practical tips for scaling and customizing your agents to suit a wide range of use cases.Join us as we walk through how to quickly spin up a Strands-based agent workflow, showcasing real-world scenarios and hands-on development techniques. Whether you're a builder experimenting with AI or a developer exploring automation with purpose-driven agents, this episode will equip you with practical insights to get started quickly.#AWSSheBuildsCommunity #DevOps #AIAgents #OpenSource #WomenInTech #CloudComputing
August 28, 202557 min
Episode 70 AWS She Builds: From Code Pipelines to AI Agents - Clare Liguori's Tech Odyssey
Join us for a technical deep dive with Clare Liguori, Senior Principal Engineer at AWS, as she shares insights from her decade-long journey building critical infrastructure at AWS. Learn how Amazon approaches CI/CD at scale, and discover Strands Agents, an innovative open-source SDK that's revolutionizing how developers build AI agents.Clare reveals how Strands emerged from internal AWS teams' needs and evolved into a powerful tool that's already accelerating development for Amazon Q Developer, AWS Glue, and VPC Reachability Analyzer teams. From reducing agent development time from months to weeks to empowering developers with model-driven approaches, discover how AWS is shaping the future of AI agent development. Whether you're interested in DevOps practices, AI agent development, or engineering leadership, this episode offers valuable insights into building and scaling transformative technology.
August 21, 202554 min
Episode 69 AWS She Builds: Watch Me Build Part 2: Design-driven UI with Amazon Q Developer
Transform your development process with Amazon Q Developer! In this episode of AWS She Builds Tech Skills, join hosts Tamara Gagliardi and Kandyce Bohannon as we demonstrate how to evolve a basic library management system into a user-friendly application using design-driven development principles. Watch as Amazon Q Developer intelligently adapts to project requirements, maintains consistent patterns, and turns design concepts into working code. Perfect for developers looking to move beyond “vibe coding” and create more intentional, user-focused applications with AI assistance. Join us for this interactive session where audience suggestions shape the development in real-time!
August 14, 202559 min
Episode 68 AWS She Builds: Watch me build with Amazon Q Developer!
Listen Brittany Wolfrom MBA, PMP and Kandyce Bohannon... We're going to dive deep into Amazon Q Developer's advanced capabilities! I'll be demonstrating how AI has evolved from basic code completion to intelligent, context-aware development partnership.What you'll see live:🎯 Context-Aware Intelligence - Watch Q understand existing codebases and follow project-specific patterns🚀 Full-Stack Generation - See a complete React frontend created from a Spring Boot backend in real-time🔧 Advanced Feature Development - Implement complex business logic with AI assistance⚡ Cross-Stack Consistency - Discover how Q maintains patterns across your entire application architecture🎪 Interactive Demos - Audience-driven feature requests implemented live!This is perfect for developers ready to move beyond basic AI coding tools and explore how context-aware AI can accelerate entire development workflows. Whether you're backend-focused, full-stack, or just curious about the future of development - this episode showcases practical AI partnership in action.Bring your questions - we'll be taking live feature requests and showing how Q Developer handles real-world development challenges on the fly!
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