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© 2026 Quinton Maki · Built with Next.js, Tailwind, and a bag of Takis.

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I build tools
that make engineers'
lives easier.

I've been building things my whole life - PCs in high school, modding video games, robots in the shop. Seven years of retail taught me how to work with people and manage chaos. When I finally committed to a bootcamp in 2021, it wasn't starting from scratch - it was giving a name to something I'd always done.

At AWS I get to solve the kind of problems I actually enjoy: making complex systems feel simple for other engineers. AI migration tooling, browser-based language servers, auth architecture - the throughline is always developer experience.

Outside work, I'm on a ski bus to Tahoe most winter weekends. I build side projects, game, and fly to Arizona to see my girlfriend. I've been building things since high school - PCs, robots, modding video games. I just like making things.

What I work with

LLM OrchestrationAI AgentsPrompt EngineeringModel Context ProtocolTypeScriptJavaScriptPythonJavaGraphQLSQLReactReact NativeDesign SystemsTailwindNode.jsAWS LambdaAPI GatewayDynamoDBCDKCloudFormationCloudWatchJestPlaywrightCypressGitViteCI/CD

Current role

SDE II at AWS

San Francisco, 2022 - present

By the numbers

650+code reviews
40+design docs
10+engineers mentored
6products at AWS
3GA launches

Currently

Exploring AI agents, shipping side projects, and figuring out what's next.