Sam Shankland
Software Engineer at DifferenceNow
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Shankland is a software engineer with eight years of practical experience building Java and Python solutions, currently contributing at Ströer Labs NZ while co-founding the impact-driven startup DifferenceNow. He holds a BE(Hons) in Computer Software Engineering from the University of Canterbury and has taught as a software engineering tutor, blending hands-on development with mentoring and curriculum delivery. Sam’s background spans product teams at Trimble, early IT infrastructure rollout in education, and supervisory roles that sharpen communication and operational instincts. Focused on deep learning and computer vision, he pursues those fields through personal projects and collaborative work, bringing a developer’s curiosity and a tutor’s clarity to complex problem solving.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering with Honors - BE(Hons), Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering with Honors - BE(Hons), Computer Software Engineering at University of CanterburyProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Matrixuniverses/Citadel-Fitness
Aug 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:221 commits, 2 pushes in 2 months
Matrixuniverses/AI
Aug 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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