Charles Shinaver
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Plaid
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCharles Shinaver is a Senior Staff Software Engineer based in New York with 12 years of experience building scalable systems across fintech and cloud platforms. He progressed through multiple senior engineering roles at Plaid after earlier stints at AWS and Amazon Robotics, bringing deep expertise in distributed systems and production-grade services. Known for blending hands-on coding with technical leadership, he helps teams ship reliable infrastructure and complex integrations. Outside work he’s passionate about music, languages, and Italian food—interests that hint at a creative, detail-oriented approach to problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Univeristy Of Notre Dame
English, Spanish
Github Skills (40)
harness10
grids10
tiling9
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velocity8
cli8
python8
x118
branches8
linux8
large-scale8
window-manager8
xcb7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
cshinaver/TypeRight
Feb 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:8 PRs, 197 pushes, 28 branches in 2 months
typescriptcse
cshinaver/py_file_sorter
May 2014 - Jan 2015
Contributions:71 commits, 1 push in 7 months
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