Summary
Connor Shannon is a design-focused front-end engineer with 8 years of multidisciplinary experience blending product design, HCI research, and hands-on development. Based in Seattle and freshly rooted in Carnegie Mellon’s HCI program, he builds user-centered interfaces and prototypes—from an annotation Chrome extension to an automated SMS chatbot—using modern web stacks and cloud tools. Connor has led cross-functional teams in public health and nonprofit settings, translating 20+ user interviews into deployed solutions for low-income families and coordinating a 3,000+ PPE production effort during the pandemic. His background in bioengineering and device prototyping gives him uncommon empathy for clinical and hardware-adjacent constraints, enabling practical designs that balance usability with technical feasibility. Open to product development and SWE roles, he combines rigorous user research with rapid implementation to deliver impactful, intuitive products.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at University of Delaware
Master's degree, Human Computer Interaction, Master's degree, Human Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University