Summary
Marty Cortez is a senior engineering leader with 15 years of software experience and over 11 years at Amazon, currently leading software development teams in Seattle to deliver AI-powered tools and design systems at scale. He combines hands-on full-stack expertise—React/React Native front-ends, Ruby on Rails and Node back-ends—with product and team leadership that enabled the automated creation of 10,000+ marketing images annually for global Amazon properties. Marty has driven component-driven, production-grade UI work across Fresh, Prime Now, and fulfillment technologies, and has a track record of turning experimental prototypes into production systems. He pairs a BS in Psychology with an MS in Computer Information Systems, a background that informs his focus on usable interfaces and cross-disciplinary collaboration. An operator who codes, he brings both tactical execution and strategic vision to bridge design, ML tooling, and engineering delivery.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's, Computer Information Systems, Master's, Computer Information Systems at Northwestern University
Bachelor's, Psychology, Bachelor's, Psychology at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, Spanish