Michael Shannon
Sr. Software Engineer - Visualization & Rendering
Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Shannon is a Sr. Software Engineer specializing in real-time visualization and rendering with 11 years of experience building high-performance, multi-platform graphics systems. He has led design and implementation of a ground-to-space rendering engine, contributed to WebGPU performance discussions, and brings deep practical knowledge of shaders, GPGPU, and engine architecture. His background spans embedded systems, scientific data processing, and large-environment rendering challenges—ranging from millimeter-scale detail to astronomical distances—making him adept at solving unusual scalability and transparency problems. A former aerospace software engineer with top grades in aerospace and computer science, he combines rigorous research-driven benchmarking with pragmatic prototyping. Known as a “pixel wrangler” on GitHub, he’s passionate about bringing AAA-quality graphics to the web and mentoring junior engineers along the way.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 3.9, Bachelor of Science - BS, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 3.9 at University of Colorado Boulder
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Github Skills (136)
python10
static-analysis10
stubs10
mypy10
docstrings10
type-checking10
w3c10
static-typing10
stub10
type-annotations10
gpu9
linter9
forecast9
gpu-programming9
wgsl9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mrshannon/dataclass-builder
Feb 2019 - Aug 2019
Create instances of dataclasses with the builder pattern.
Contributions:143 commits, 21 PRs, 118 pushes in 5 months
instancesdataclassesbuilderbuilder-patternpattern
ccarocean/pyrads
Nov 2018 - Jan 2020
Python library for accessing the Radar Altimeter Database System (RADS).
Contributions:350 commits, 35 PRs, 272 pushes in 1 year 2 months
python-librarypythonradaraltimeterdatabase-system
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