Shashank Shankar
Senior Software Engineer at Bloomberg
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolShashank Shankar is a Senior Software Engineer in New York with 11 years building full-stack web applications and Python microservices, currently focusing on React/TypeScript, Node, and Python at Bloomberg. He has led cross-functional teams at Haven Life and has deep experience in backend systems, Postgres, and data engineering from roles at UnitedHealth Group and UBS. His academic background in Computer Science and Cognitive Science—and a minor in Pre-Medicine—gives him a unique perspective at the intersection of software, human cognition, and biological sciences. Comfortable across the stack, he pairs hands-on implementation with mentoring and technical leadership, and he has a track record of shipping analytics-driven features and recommender prototypes. Colleagues note his curiosity for new languages and domains, which informs pragmatic solutions that consider both system behavior and user cognition.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science Cognitive Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science Cognitive Science at Rutgers University
Github Skills (23)
isomorphic9
session-store8
schema7
session-management7
mongodb6
database6
cloning6
nodejs6
data-synchronization6
mongoose6
javascript6
protocols5
aio5
typescript5
tower5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
haven-life/amorphic-server
Jun 2018 - Feb 2020
Front-to-back isomorphic framework for developing applications with Node.js
Contributions:3 releases, 53 PRs, 232 pushes in 1 year 8 months
developingamorphicnode-jsjavascript-frameworkjavascript
haven-life/semotus
Jun 2018 - Feb 2020
Amorphic: Session Data Synchronization
Contributions:19 PRs, 52 pushes, 16 branches in 1 year 8 months
session-storesynchronizationamorphicjavascript-frameworkcloning
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