Summary
Marcus Horn is an Amazon Software Development Engineer II with a decade of engineering experience, currently working on AGI-focused LLM data efforts after contributing to Alexa Local Information systems. A Carnegie Mellon Mechanical Engineering graduate, he blends rigorous engineering fundamentals with production software at scale, translating complex research needs into reliable data pipelines and services. He has progressed rapidly within Amazon since 2020, demonstrating practical ownership across both core Alexa features and emerging generative-AI initiatives. Marcus leverages product-side experience from a startup role to balance customer-driven priorities with technically robust implementations. Based in Virginia, he focuses personal time on turning past experience into value-added projects, suggesting a knack for independent experimentation alongside his day job. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic engineer who moves fast on novel AI problems while keeping production reliability front and center.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School, HIGH SCHOOL/SECONDARY DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES, High School, HIGH SCHOOL/SECONDARY DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES at Mt. Lebanon High School
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
English, Spanish