Amit Patel

Director of software development at AWS

Expertise: Software engineering perspectives, artificial intelligence

Education: University of Warwick

Amit Patel is a director of software development at AWS where he’s building Kiro, making production application creation with AI agents more accessible, secure and reliable for developers through spec-driven development.

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Updated on February 06, 2026

Why Spec-Driven Development is the Future of AI-Assisted Software Engineering

Vibe coding can be useful, but to really unlock the power of AI-assisted engineering, you need the persistent context and quality of spec-driven development.

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