Shaw Vrana
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShaw Vrana is a versatile software engineering generalist with 12 years of experience building systems that span Linux kernel networking to web and Android applications, and a track record as a founding engineer at multiple startups. Based in San Francisco, he has led engineering teams and owned infrastructure at scale while helping shape product direction at ConductorOne and Synthesis AI. His background in low-level network engineering for Riverbed and later full-stack work at Lookout and Wish gives him a rare blend of systems-level rigor and product-focused delivery. Comfortable in early-stage environments, he specializes in distributed systems, scalable infrastructure, and pragmatic operational engineering. A dual-major in Philosophy and Computer Science from Vanderbilt, he brings analytical thinking to technical trade-offs and team mentorship.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Philosophy, CS, BS, Philosophy, CS at Vanderbilt University
English, German
Github Skills (176)
sql-client10
postgresql10
nix10
windows10
db210
language-server-protocol10
home-manager10
vim-plugin10
vim10
erd10
todoist10
qt10
nosql10
nixos10
linux10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
svrana/powerline-go
Sep 2017 - Jun 2021
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 27 pushes in 3 years 9 months
golangzshlatencybashterminal
svrana/gruf
Sep 2015 - Mar 2024
Contributions:10 pushes in 8 years 7 months
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