Summary
Shane Zhao is an Associate Consultant and junior software engineer based in Austin with 11 years of professional experience building web and mobile software for domains like parking management and court systems. He brings practical full-stack skills—C#, .NET, SQL, front-end JavaScript/CSS, and deployment tooling like Jenkins and Octopus—alongside Agile/Kanban delivery experience. Shane pairs engineering rigor (SOLID principles, branching strategies, bug triage) with product-minded collaboration, working closely with business analysts to translate requirements into testable features. He also has hands-on startup experience creating custom Shopify and WordPress experiences, wireframes, and prototypes to shape unique user journeys. Recent interests emphasize computer vision, machine learning, model compression, and spatial intelligence/MLLMs, signaling a shift toward applied ML in product contexts. Quick to learn and personable, he combines operational delivery strengths with a growing specialty in ML-driven spatial applications.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin