Chris Lawson

Professional Summary

At Amazon I’m an SDE II working on payment reporting and invoicing for marketplace vendors across Prime Video, Amazon Music, Kindle Direct Publishing, Amazon Merch, and more — systems meant to stay up and stay operable at scale.

Before that I co-founded GreenSight Technologies through the Cal Poly Summer Accelerator, leading engineering on an AI-powered platform for electronics resale and recycling. I’m a Cal Poly Computer Science graduate based in San Luis Obispo.

Technical Skills

Languages

TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, Python, C++, C#, Bash, SQL, HTML/CSS

AWS

Lambda, ECS Fargate, CloudFront, WAF, IAM, VPC, ALB, NLB, Route 53, CloudWatch, X-Ray, CloudFormation, S3, and the usual core networking / compute / observability stack around them

Tools & platforms

React, Angular, Node.js, Docker, Cloudflare, Linux, Git, TrueNAS, CI/CD, Splunk

AI tools

Cursor, Kiro, Claude Code, and formerly Cline / Roo Code (rest in peace)

Focus areas

Beyond the Code

Outside of work: photography (portraits, landscapes, architecture), bouldering and rock climbing, mountain biking on the Central Coast, vinyl, and learning to fly — I’m a student pilot.

I’m a licensed HAM operator (General class) and alumni of the Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club (W6BHZ). I’ve helped expand Central Coast AREDN mesh networking for emergency data when commercial infrastructure fails — radio as community service, not just a hobby.

More detail on roles and projects: the experience page or LinkedIn.