Shun-yao Shih
Senior Software Engineer at Google
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShun-Yao (Gary) Shih is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building scalable, production-grade systems at Google and a strong academic foundation from UC San Diego and National Taiwan University. He has driven platform modernizations and real-time monetization infrastructure that delivered dramatic performance improvements (93% faster UX) and massive cost savings (98% resource reduction), while enabling significant enterprise revenue. His background spans ML research, security analytics (UEBA), compiler fuzzing, and large-scale onboarding systems, reflecting a rare blend of applied machine learning and systems engineering. Notably, he parallelized SHAP to run 65x faster across clusters and designed fuzzing frameworks that uncovered multiple compiler bugs, illustrating his focus on practical performance and reliability gains. Based in California, he combines deep technical chops with a track record of turning research insights into high-impact production features.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoBachelor's degree Electrical Engineering, Bachelor's degree Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (10)
vim6
vim-plugin6
vscode-extension6
vscode5
microsoft5
neovim5
typescript5
cpp4
c-extension2
testing1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
gantheory/dotfiles
Nov 2017 - Nov 2022
Contributions:294 commits, 150 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
gantheory/playlist-cleaning
Jul 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:4 commits, 2 pushes in 7 months
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