Foster Clinton
Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFoster Clinton is a Senior Software Development Engineer based in Seattle with a decade of experience building production-grade systems, currently contributing to Amazon's engineering efforts. He progressed through hands-on roles from systems support to senior engineering at Johnson Controls before joining Amazon, showing a steady trajectory in large enterprise environments. Foster combines applied computer science foundations from Indiana University Indianapolis with practical expertise in backend development and system reliability. Known for translating operational insight into robust software, he often bridges support and development teams to reduce incident recurrence. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic and detail-oriented, comfortable shipping incremental improvements while keeping an eye on long-term architecture. Outside of work he leverages his systems background to mentor junior engineers and streamline on-call processes.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Applied Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA Applied Computer Science at Indiana University Indianapolis
English
Github Skills (31)
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uart8
spi7
blazored7
indoor-positioning7
zwave7
i2c7
gpio7
device-driver7
java6
minecraft6
raspberry-pi5
iot5
nuget5
blazor4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
fclinton/parrot
Sep 2020 - Apr 2026
Imitate everyone individually.
Contributions:2 pushes in 5 years 7 months
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fclinton/pi-couch-hound
Mar 2026 - Jun 2026
Contributions:32 PRs, 74 pushes, 80 branches in 3 months
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