Jonathan Gaytan
Software Development Engineer at Amazon
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJonathan Gaytan is a Software Development Engineer at AWS with seven years of experience building and improving developer-facing tooling, currently iterating on the widely used Python SDK Boto3 to ensure security and backward compatibility. A Texas A&M CS graduate and former Director of Technical Affairs for TAMU SHPE, he has hands-on experience delivering automation and web platforms—reducing manual work by up to 80% with a point automation system and building networking sites in Ruby on Rails. At AWS he contributes both code and docs for high-impact repos like botocore and boto3, improving endpoint/versioning features and making documentation more accessible and navigable. He also mentors and teaches—running workshops that help students build personal websites and guiding committee members—demonstrating a blend of technical craft, developer advocacy, and a knack for turning developer experience improvements into measurable results.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, GPA: 3.73, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, GPA: 3.73 at Texas A&M University
Github Skills (16)
accessibility10
document-generation10
aws10
documents10
python10
sphinx10
documentation10
web-content9
pytest9
testing9
content-model9
rest-api8
api-rest8
restful-api8
api-design8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
boto/botocore
Sep 2022 - Dec 2022
The low-level, core functionality of boto3 and the AWS CLI.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:207 reviews, 4 commits, 75 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Jonathan contributed to the `botocore` repository by implementing features related to endpoint versioning and completeness tests. They modified code related to endpoint rule sets, paginators, and waiters. The user also addressed formatting issues, specifically regarding whitespace and nested formatting within documentation generation. Furthermore, they improved the documentation generation, including nested pages and accessibility enhancements.
aws-cliboto3awslow-levelcli
boto/boto3
Jan 2023 - Mar 2025
AWS SDK for Python
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:60 reviews, 32 PRs, 17 pushes in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Jonathan's contributions primarily revolve around enhancing and maintaining the documentation for the boto3 library. They implemented nested documentation, added support for sphinx domain and furo theme to the documentation. They also made changes to address accessibility issues and improve keyboard navigation within the documentation, and added documentation for additional events. Furthermore, they removed sms-voice from the docs, and fixed the boto3 resource reference docs, and updated credentials documentation.
pythonaws-sdksdkcloudcloud-management
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