Samantha Shih
Software Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolSamantha Shih is a software engineer with a decade of experience building reliable, security-conscious systems, currently contributing to the Apple Pay server platform with a focus on payments security. Her background spans internships and roles at major tech firms including Meta, LinkedIn, Splunk, and Fidelity, and she has hands-on experience in cloud engineering, mobile development, and QA. A Boston University computer science graduate who also studied at Università degli Studi di Padova, she pairs strong academic foundations with practical production work. Sam has a track record of mentoring and teaching—leading a Girls Who Code program and serving as a TA for cybersecurity—showing a commitment to growing the next generation of engineers. She also founded an after-school “Learn to Code” initiative that combined curriculum design, fundraising, and community building, reflecting entrepreneurial drive beyond traditional engineering tasks. Known on GitHub as a "Copy and Paste Expert," she brings a pragmatic, detail-oriented approach to shipping secure, maintainable code.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Fall Semester Study Abroad, Fall Semester Study Abroad at Università degli Studi di PadovaBachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science at Boston University
English, american sign language (asl), Spanish
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Github Skills (50)
rich-text10
discord10
abstract-syntax-tree10
rendering10
command-line-interface10
nexus10
textinput10
keyboard10
android-library10
media10
camera10
parsing10
android10
cryptography10
attachment10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
lytefast/dotfiles
Nov 2016 - Oct 2022
Contributions:48 commits, 60 pushes, 12 branches in 5 years 11 months
lytefast/adafruit-weather-clock
Nov 2021 - Jan 2024
Weather Clock for Adafruit Matrix Portal
Contributions:6 PRs, 25 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 2 months
portalclockmatrixadafruit
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