Summary
Shanna Chen is a Senior Software Engineer based in Seattle with 13 years of experience building production software at Microsoft and earlier internships and research roles. She is fluent in C#, Python, and .NET, and brings a quantitative perspective from a BS in Computer Science–Economics at Brown University. Her background spans full-stack implementation, research-grade networking work (Named Data Networking topology tooling), and user-facing features like a medication adherence web calendar built during an Epic internship. At Microsoft since 2015, she combines large-company engineering practices with a history of teaching and hands-on support—from TAing matrix linear algebra to troubleshooting AV systems—which informs her pragmatic approach to mentorship and documentation. Known for reliably shipping features and simplifying complex systems, she pairs strong technical depth with clear communication across product and engineering stakeholders.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science-Economics, BS, Computer Science-Economics at Brown University
Stuyvesant High School
Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese