Zachary Shaffer
Computer Scientist
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolZachary Shaffer is a computer scientist and AI engineer with nine years of hands-on experience building production software, currently focused on particle detection and computer vision systems. He earned an ECE degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute after studying computer science and communication arts at Allegheny College, blending technical depth with clear communication. Most of his career has been at HyperSpectral-affiliated companies where he progressed from consultant to Software Engineer II and led AI engineering efforts for sensing and imaging products. He brings practical experience taking models from research to deployed systems in real-world hardware-constrained environments. Colleagues know him for pairing strong signal-processing instincts with pragmatic software engineering to solve difficult detection problems. He’s based in Somerville, MA and is open to technical conversations about computer vision and applied AI.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (14)
python8
checker7
writers7
spring7
science6
computer-science5
plug5
to-do4
pytest4
testing3
ogre3
irb2
static-code-analysis2
pygame1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
aubreypc/cs203-S2019-conduct
Jan 2019 - Feb 2019
Conduct Guide for Computer Science 203 Spring 2019
Contributions:43 commits, 13 PRs, 29 pushes in 11 days
springcomputer-sciencescience
shafferz/personal-website-v2
Oct 2018 - Feb 2022
Contributions:130 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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