Kyle Shanks
Software Engineer at Audius
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolKyle Shanks is a software engineer based in New York with nine years of professional experience and 6+ years focused on building and shipping backend systems. Currently at Audius, he contributes to the protocol’s discovery layer—implementing remixable track endpoints, listen-streak challenges, and ranking logic that ties into Solana-based notifications. He progressed from junior roles at Splash to impactful backend work on a high-profile open-source music protocol, demonstrating an ability to move from product-facing features to core platform logic. His background in chemistry and regulatory work before transitioning through App Academy gives him a methodical, data-driven approach to problem solving and compliance-minded engineering. Self-deprecating GitHub humor aside, he reliably delivers production-grade services that improve content discovery and user engagement.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Chemistry, Bachelor's degree, Chemistry at Stony Brook UniversityComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at App Academy
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Github Skills (8)
solana10
back-end-development10
blockchain10
api-design9
python9
api9
sql8
redis7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
AudiusProject/audius-protocol
Jul 2021 - Oct 2022
The Audius Protocol - Freedom to share, monetize, and listen to any audio content.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:777 reviews, 21 commits, 596 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Kyle primarily contributed to the Audius Protocol backend, focusing on the discovery provider service. Their work involved updating service commands, adding new endpoints for remixable tracks, and implementing a listen streak challenge. They also made changes to query helpers, including updating the decayed_score function, indicating involvement in the core logic for content discovery and ranking. The user integrated with the Solana blockchain, adding a notifications flow.
solanaaudiusethereumprotocolblockchain
Kyle-Shanks/ryb
Sep 2018 - Oct 2020
Contributions:30 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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