Chuan Shi
Engineering Manager at Robinhood
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolChuan Shi is an engineering manager and backend specialist with 14 years of experience, currently leading the Options Platform team at Robinhood from Palo Alto. He brings deep domain expertise in brokerage operations, account transfers, settlement, clearing, and options, having progressed from senior backend engineer to manager within the same company. His technical roots include postdoctoral research curating an open-source microkinetic modeling package and applying computational chemistry methods, reflecting a strong foundation in scientific rigor and complex system modeling. Chuan is skilled at translating regulatory and operational complexity into reliable, auditable backend systems that scale for millions of users. He hires and mentors engineers who operate at the intersection of finance and infrastructure, and actively recruits for his team. Holding a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Stanford and a BS from UT Austin, he blends academic depth with production-grade engineering leadership.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at AustinDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemical Engineering at Stanford University
English
Github Skills (23)
biomechanics10
chemical-engineering10
python10
kinetics10
catalyst10
materials-informatics10
api10
bioinformatics10
django9
rest9
django-rest-framework9
rest-api9
ase8
espresso8
quantum-computing7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
chuanshi/catmap
Feb 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:43 pushes, 16 branches in 1 year 7 months
kineticscreeningbioinformaticscreationanalysis-package
chuanshi/ase-espresso
Jul 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:14 pushes, 6 branches in 9 months
quantum-computingespressoquantumquantum-espressoase
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