Ell Maki

Ell Maki

Software Engineer and Artist in Berkeley, CA

Projects

2023

Dwelling is a social network for your home.

Use it to showcase images of your living space for friends, or to discover the interior designs of people both near and far.

Our community is built around the notion that housing is both expressive and more fun when shared.

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2023

I helped with design, engineering, and installation for a multi-story light sculpture, permanently housed at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

2022
Find at Amazon

Developed the Find experience, which allows users to share images directly to Amazon for product recommendations on web and mobile.

2021
Meridian Design System at Amazon

Built Amazon's design system, Meridian, serving over 400 Amazon sites both user facing and internal.

Architected the cross-platform mobile implementation of this design system, a first within Amazon, and as a technical project not attempted by many teams outside of Material at Google.

2019
Wallet at Target

Created the Wallet experience, the first way to pay at Target from your phone, including coupons and loyalty programs.

Side Projects

Ongoing

I have been recording music since I was a kid, and I still scratch the itch from time to time

2022

I run a popular TikTok filters account. One of my filters has gone viral and has close to 6 million videos using it, and over 2 billion total views!

Work Experience

2019 — 2023
San Francisco, CA
2018 — 2019
Minneapolis, MN
2015 — 2018

Contact

GitHub
TikTok
Instagram