Karen Shen
Software Development Engineer at Amazon
Greater Seattle Area United States
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Top SchoolKaren Shen is a software development engineer with nine years of experience building large-scale cloud and HPC systems, currently contributing to Prime Tech at Amazon after roles on Azure HPC AI and Connected Vehicle Platform at Microsoft. She holds a BSE in Systems Engineering and an MSE in Data Science from the University of Pennsylvania, blending systems thinking with strong statistical and machine learning foundations. Her work has spanned backend services, developer tooling, and customer-facing platforms—helping accelerate LLM model development and simplifying OEM integrations via declarative extensions. Karen’s background in academic research and teaching underscores her ability to explain complex concepts and turn data-driven insights into production software. She aims to apply mathematical rigor and creative problem-solving to social problems, bringing both technical depth and a human-centered perspective to engineering challenges.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Ridge High SchoolMaster’s of Science and Engineering (MSE) Data Science, Master’s of Science and Engineering (MSE) Data Science at University of Pennsylvania
English, Chinese, Spanish
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Github Skills (1)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
PranavPillai/Roar
Apr 2019 - Nov 2019
Contributions:7 pushes in 7 months
shenkaren/shenkaren.github.io
Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 26 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
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