Shawn Rider
Senior Software Engineering Manager, NVIDIA Cloud Native Engineering
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolShawn Rider is a product-focused, hands-on engineering leader with over 16 years of experience delivering cloud-native web applications and AI-powered SaaS at scale, now managing NVIDIA’s Cloud Native Engineering teams. He blends front-end and backend expertise—shiping Vue.js frontends, Django/API backends, and complex cloud orchestration—to power products across Omniverse, TAO, and AI model integrations. His background spans startups, enterprise acquisitions, and academia, where he built curriculum, published JS textbooks, and led remote teams through architecture, process, and product pivots. Shawn is known for rapid MVP delivery under tight deadlines (KubeCon demos, Spot Wave MVP) and for translating research/education needs into production software. Based in Seattle, he pairs creative roots in media and game publishing with deep engineering rigor, making him equally comfortable mentoring teams or diving into code.
16 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BA, English, Creative Writing, BA, English, Creative Writing at University of IdahoMFA, Media Arts Production, MFA, Media Arts Production at State University of New York at Buffalo
French
Stackoverflow
883reputation
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12answers
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ionic-framework
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Github Skills (78)
move-files10
javascript9
eclipse9
ionic-framework9
nodejs9
devtools8
ide8
typescript8
theia7
python7
cli7
eclipse-che7
explore7
refactoring6
django-forms6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
suwebdev/wats-courses
Sep 2016 - Sep 2018
Contributions:9 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
shawnr/practical-javascript
Apr 2017 - Nov 2020
Contributions:687 commits, 3 PRs, 10 pushes in 3 years 8 months
javascriptpractical
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