David Baines

Software Development Engineer at Amazon

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Experience

  • Amazon (3 yrs)
    • Software Development Engineer 2
      Dec 2025 - Present · 7 mos

    • Software Engineer
      Jul 2023 - Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Amazon Access, building cloud solutions as a fullstack engineer to improve the customer checkout experience and expand support for more payment methods. I also work on AI product enhancements in the retail space, improving response quality and user experience.

  • SDE at Amazon
    Jun 2022 - Aug 2022 · 3 mos

    Software developer internship at Amazon BeautyTech, where I was tasked with developing new Augmented Reality features using AI for the iOS app shopping experience. Worked in C++ and Objective-C.

  • Software Engineer Intern at Intel Corporation
    May 2021 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Worked on the Quartus compiler for FPGA development, where I was a member of the Router group. I worked on improving performance and quality of the router.

  • Undergraduate Student Researcher at University of Toronto
    May 2020 - May 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

    As a research intern, I am contributing to an open source CAD software for FPGA development and research, called VTR.

  • Junior Engineer at University of Toronto Formula SAE Racing
    Oct 2018 - May 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    Formula SAE is a globally present organization which gives university students the chance to construct and compete a formula style racing car. As a junior engineer I have contributed to our team in numerous ways such as machining parts for our current iteration, and helping with every aspect of the construction process.