10people on the team I led
Policy and compliance engineering
Led a team working on policy and compliance tooling across Amazon.
Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead · Amazon
Dayne
Andersen-Lambrecht.
I build distributed systems for policy and compliance.
I’m a senior software engineer and tech lead at Amazon. I’ve led a team of 10 on policy and compliance tooling and shipped AWS services from idea to production.
Interested in senior, staff, and tech lead roles in the Seattle area.
01 / Work
Selected impact
11 → 4weeks to onboard a tenant
A shorter path to getting started
Reduced tenant onboarding time for Amazon Publishing’s content review platform, helping teams start using it sooner.
$5M+annual infrastructure savings
More efficient data processing
Optimized data processing jobs at AWS DataSync and helped take DataSync Discovery from concept to a public AWS service.
02 / Experience
Where I’ve worked
Amazon Risk Detection, Auditing & Reporting
Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead
I led a team of 10 on policy and compliance engineering, working with teams across Amazon.
Previously at Amazon Publishing: content review platforms, tenant APIs, and engineering mentorship.
AWS DataSync
Shipped DataSync Discovery from napkin sketch to public AWS service.
AWS Config
Built compliance features for people who have way too many AWS accounts. Deployment orchestration and API design.
03 / Writing
Notes from building things
Systems, self-hosting, and the occasional project that requires actual tools.
Self Hosting Your Blog
Running a Ghost blog on a Raspberry Pi with Docker.
On a Different Note, Mini Split Installation Guide :)
A writeup of buying and installing a mini-split.
04 / Contact
Hiring for problems like these?
I’m interested in Seattle-area engineering roles in compliance infrastructure, trust and safety tooling, and distributed systems. Tell me about the team, the role, and what you’re trying to build.
Read or print my résumé. Include the location and compensation range when you get in touch.
dayandersen@gmail.com05 / Projects
Projects
Things you can open today
Live builds
A short list of tools, experiments, and games that made it far enough to have a front door.
private / live
Homewalk
Private house walkthroughs with photos, projects, room checklists, and reports.
homewalk.dandersen.netlive
Finance Calculator
Yearly federal and state tax scenarios, compared side by side.
finance-calculator.dandersen.netlive
Financial Tools
A practical calculator hub for mortgages and everyday money decisions.
financial-tools.pages.devlive / prototype
House Research
A structured way to compare homes, evidence, and the questions worth asking.
houseresearch.pages.devlive / offline-first
Bless You Change Me
Check-ins, prayers, sponsor tasks, and progress tracking that stays useful offline.
bless-you-change-me.pages.devlive / prototype
My City
A place-based feed for remembering the people and places worth returning to.
my-city.pages.devplayable
Rust Online Pong
A tiny online game built to make networking and real-time state tangible.
rust-online-pong.dandersen.netIdeas with a front door
Ideation zone
Landing pages and product sketches that are alive, but not ready to call finished.
concept
Betchacant
A challenge-and-stakes product concept; the marketing shell is live, the product is still forming.
betchacant.comcoming soon
Spendoir
A private purchase scrapbook concept; the app and store launch are still ahead.
spendoir.pages.devwaitlist
Launchpad Finance
A support-to-independence finance concept, currently represented by its waitlist landing page.
launchpadfinance.pages.dev