Trent Morrell

About

Software Engineer II at Amazon with 6+ years shipping production systems. I build scalable microservices, payment integrations, and full-stack applications across React, AWS, and everything in between. Virginia Tech CS grad, cum laude. Based in Dallas, mostly held together by cold brew and whatever I'm fixated on this month.

Off the clock I'm either on a soccer pitch, on a mountain, or somewhere mid-run questioning my life choices.

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Experience

2022 — Present

Amazon

Software Engineer II
- Led launch of Gift Cards for Amazon Channels and Amazon Music, generating $1M+ combined annual revenue
- Engineered installment payment tracking service on ECS/Fargate, eliminating third-party dependencies
- Designed Pix payment integration for Brazil using Scala and QR code-based mobile banking flows
- Built chargeback tracking system with SNS/SQS/Lambda and DynamoDB for financial reconciliation
2020 — 2022

CoStar Group

Software Engineer
- Enhanced report generation system in React, increasing daily capacity from 500 to 600 reports
- Contributed to micro frontend architecture migration, achieving 25% faster development pace
- Implemented 20+ features for STS hospitality analytics integration

Projects

Waymarked

Upload vacation photos, we extract locations and cluster them into cities — pick from 40+ map styles, adjust markers, and get a custom printed map dropshipped to your door

React, EXIF Extraction, Map Styling, Print Fulfillment
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Claude WA

WhatsApp-to-Claude Code bridge via Baileys websocket client

Node.js, Baileys, Claude Code CLI
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NomadDish

Spin a 3D globe, land anywhere, get a local recipe from AI

Next.js, React Globe GL, OpenAI, OpenCage
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This Website

Retro Italian Art Deco portfolio with a hidden game

Astro, Vanilla JS, Canvas API
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Blog

March 1, 2026

Building an AI Marketing Machine on a Mac Mini

How I automated Pinterest marketing and blog writing for my side project with Claude Code, cron jobs, and a self-learning feedback loop — all running on a Mac Mini on my desk.

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Amazon

CoStar Group

Projects

Waymarked

Claude WA

NomadDish

This Website

Blog

Building an AI Marketing Machine on a Mac Mini

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