David Shi
Software Engineer at Meta
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Shi is a seasoned software engineer with 15 years of experience building mobile, full-stack, and applied AI products, currently contributing at Meta from San Francisco. He has deep Android/AOSP expertise honed across roles at Amazon (Fire OS), Pinterest, Caffeine, and Snap, where he led Android tech and cross-organizational initiatives for growth, visual search, and low-latency live streaming. Known for bridging product and platform, he drives end-to-end solutions—shipping scan utilities, Friend Stories and Discover content features, and WebRTC improvements for real-time media. David combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership as a staff-level contributor who mentors teams and aligns cross-functional roadmaps. He holds an M.S. in Computer Science from Columbia and a multicultural academic foundation from Fudan and University College Dublin, which informs his pragmatic yet globally minded approach. Outside obvious Android chops, he’s particularly strong at turning research-level media and vision work into reliable production services.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
B.E. Software Engineering, B.E. Software Engineering at Fudan UniversityM.S. Computer Science, M.S. Computer Science at Columbia UniversityB.S. Computer Science, B.S. Computer Science at University College Dublin
Chinese, English
Github Skills (10)
ide9
nvim8
bash8
lua8
extensible8
neovim8
vim8
neovim-plugin8
tmux8
zsh7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
initrc/initrc.github.io
Mar 2015 - Aug 2022
Contributions:97 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 6 months
initrc/dotfiles
Feb 2012 - Nov 2022
Dotfiles for vim, tmux, git, and bash
Contributions:190 commits, 1 PR, 98 pushes in 10 years 9 months
vimtmuxbashneovimdotfiles
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