Summary
Shawn Qiu is a Senior Software Engineer based in San Francisco with 10 years of experience building backend systems and platform services. He blends deep systems-level expertise—working with Java, Linux, ZFS, Netty, NFS and TLS at Delphix—with startup and product-building experience as a Co-Founder/CTO and current engineer at Assort Health. His background includes large-scale data and AWS work from an Amazon Music internship and practical cross-functional delivery in healthcare implementations at Epic, giving him a strong mix of cloud, storage, and operational product experience. Shawn holds a Master's in Computer Science from UC Davis and a BBA from Emory, reflecting both technical rigor and business acumen. He’s comfortable moving between hands-on performance tuning and leading teams to operationalize complex systems, and has a track record of rescuing troubled projects and shipping reliable, production-grade solutions.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at University of California, Davis
Bachelor's Degree BBA (Finance and Accounting Concentration), Bachelor's Degree BBA (Finance and Accounting Concentration) at Emory University - Goizueta Business School