Prateek Shah
Software Engineer at Zoox
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolPrateek Shah is a software engineer based in San Francisco with 10 years of experience building safety-critical, real-time systems for autonomy and wearable tech. A Georgia Tech CS graduate with a focus on intelligence, modeling, and simulation, he has repeatedly shipped planning and control algorithms at Zoox—ranging from collision avoidance and comfort-focused lane changes to handling double-parked and blocking vehicles. He co-founded and served as CTO of Spanning Labs, growing the team to 12 and raising $8.5M to commercialize a generative documentation product, demonstrating both technical depth and operational leadership. Prateek combines algorithmic rigor with practical diagnostics, having designed deep traceability and behavior validation frameworks used to vet planning changes. His background includes flight software and control internships at SpaceX and early research roles, underscoring a strong systems orientation and attention to real-time guarantees. Comfortable moving between research-grade algorithms and production-grade engineering, he thrives on problems involving large data and tight latency constraints.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
IB Diploma, IB Diploma at Southside High SchoolBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyCertificate Political Science and Government, Certificate Political Science and Government at Sciences Po
Github Skills (7)
switch-component9
ng8
switch7
rescue7
angular5
angular-cli3
angular-ui2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
GTBitsOfGood/irc
Sep 2018 - Apr 2019
Developed as a pilot system for the International Rescue Committee of Atlanta. Primarily used to track donated commodities, log voltuneer hours, and generate contribution reports.
Contributions:19 commits, 23 PRs, 27 pushes in 6 months
reportsatlantacommoditiescommitteerescue
random-cup/creating-communes
Aug 2021 - Sep 2021
A brazen two-column theme for Jekyll.
Contributions:35 pushes in 1 month
jekylljekyll-theme
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