Summary
Shiman Guo is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building production-grade NLP systems, currently at Safari AI after co-founding Suger (YC W23). He combines a research background in computational linguistics (MA, Brandeis) with hands-on engineering at Microsoft, Alibaba, and Machine Zone to deliver high-performance language tooling—from GEC models to tokenization and information extraction. Known for writing reader-oriented, efficient code and improving programming workflows, he favors pragmatic solutions that bridge research and product. Based in Coquitlam, Canada, he brings deep expertise in multilingual text processing and a proven track record of shipping applied NLP in both startup and large-company contexts.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Korean Studies, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Korean Studies at Shandong University
Master of Arts (MA) Computational Linguistics, Master of Arts (MA) Computational Linguistics at Brandeis University
English, Chinese, Korean