Shirley Shi
Software Development Manager at Amazon
Irvine, California, United States
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Top SchoolShirley Shi is a software development manager with 14 years of experience leading engineering teams across Amazon and health-focused startups, currently managing software delivery at Amazon from Irvine, California. Her career blends deep technical roots in bioinformatics and research software—grounded by a Master’s from Chalmers and publications visible on Google Scholar—with hands-on product and program management at scale. She has led cross-functional orgs including a stint as Head of Engineering for Women’s Health at Ro, demonstrating an ability to translate clinical and research needs into production services. At Amazon she progressed from SDE to TPM to multiple manager roles, showing strong execution in both individual contribution and people leadership. Shirley’s background in cancer and computational chemistry research gives her a rare perspective for building reliable, data-driven systems in regulated domains. Colleagues would describe her as a manager who pairs scientific rigor with pragmatic engineering to deliver impactful, production-ready solutions.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyMaster's degree, Bioinformatics, Master's degree, Bioinformatics at Chalmers University of Technology
Github Skills (1)
web-application4
Github contributions (2)
WormBase/website-gbrowse2-support
Nov 2011 - Jan 2012
Contributions:6 commits in 1 month
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