Chris Beyer Software Engineer Amazon Web Services

1. Beyer was inspired to switch to computer software studies after taking the required introductory software classes.

2. An early offer from Amazon, where Beyer interned last summer on the AWS team, elated him.

3. “There are so many intelligent people at such a thriving school, and everyone is doing big things. They are all working hard to solidify their futures, and it fosters an environment where you are highly motivated to succeed.”

4. In his new position at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Chris Beyer, CMPE’15, will likely write code for one of Amazon’s databases or for customer-facing tools intended to improve the user experience.

5. Landing in software engineering work in Palo Alto, California, for AWS is not a huge surprise for Silicon Valley native Beyer

6. “I came to Penn knowing I wanted to work in tech, but I didn’t know I wanted to pursue computer science until my sophomore year,” he says