Summary
Shawn Li is a seasoned full-stack software engineer with about nine years of experience building scalable Java/J2EE applications and responsive web UIs, currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He combines deep core Java expertise—collections, generics, multithreading—and J2EE frameworks like Spring and Hibernate with front-end skills in AngularJS, Node.js, and modern HTML/CSS/JS toolchains. At LendingClub he helped decouple services, optimize messaging and build a shared UI framework, while prior roles at Gilead and UPS involved designing admin portals and analytics components using Backbone/Require and responsive design. He’s comfortable across the SDLC from system analysis and data modeling to deployment and testing, and has hands-on experience with REST/SOAP APIs, Oracle stored procedures and basic NoSQL. Curious about emerging tech, he also explores Web3 and blockchain on GitHub, signaling an interest in decentralized systems beyond his enterprise work. Known for pragmatic design-pattern use and improving modularity, he blends backend rigor with practical, front-end polish.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York