Shan Dou
Applied Scientist at Amazon
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolShan Dou is an applied scientist with 9 years of technical experience and 7+ years focused on machine learning across ecommerce, SaaS, cleantech, and mining, currently at Amazon. He has led end-to-end ML product work from zero-to-one prototypes to production—specializing in information retrieval, RAG, LLMs, AI agents, NLP, and digital signal processing. Shan has driven cross-functional initiatives such as dense-vector semantic search, multimodal product data enhancers, and document analysis agents, and previously delivered high-impact systems like a drill-hole planner that cut mining costs 20x. His background blends rigorous academic research (PhD in Geophysics from UC Berkeley with high-impact Nature-ranked papers) with hands-on startup invention (co-inventor on multiple patents and early hire who built EV battery diagnostics). He thrives on turning ambiguous problems into pragmatic, high-quality solutions and on mentoring people to raise organizational capability.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Geophysics and Seismology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Geophysics and Seismology at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science - BS Geophysics, Bachelor of Science - BS Geophysics at University of Science and Technology of China
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (17)
conda10
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flexbox9
pip9
salesforce8
sdk8
dlib6
anaconda6
css6
opencv6
python6
colorbar6
dylib6
visual-studio-code6
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Minrit/Salesforce-Org-Manager
Jun 2022 - Jul 2022
Contributions:6 releases, 71 commits, 57 pushes in 1 month
Minrit/minrit-blog
Aug 2023 - Dec 2024
Contributions:1 PR, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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