Zifan Shi
Software Engineer at Amazon
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZifan Shi is a software engineer based in Los Angeles with nine years of experience building backend systems, currently contributing at Amazon. A USC computer science senior (with a physics minor) who previously completed rigorous mechanical engineering studies at RPI, Zifan combines strong academic fundamentals (high GPAs) with practical production experience. At USC he served as a course producer for multiple software development classes, helping define project requirements, grade assignments, and mentor students—experience that sharpens his communication and code-review instincts. He has internship and early-career experience building web applications with Django and shipping features during multiple Amazon engagements. Colleagues describe him as a developer who bridges thoughtful design and hands-on implementation, comfortable in both teaching and scaling code. Outside core work he brings a teaching mindset to engineering, turning complex problems into clear, testable tasks.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, MS, Computer Science, 3.86, Bachelor of Science - BS, MS, Computer Science, 3.86 at University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering, 3.98, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering, 3.98 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (14)
pinterest-api10
facebook-api10
twitter-api10
linkedin-api10
youtube-api10
social-network-analysis8
graph-algorithms8
graph8
memgraph7
graph-database7
graph-visualization6
python6
pandas5
game-development1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
CS201-FinalProject-Notezza/Notezza
Oct 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:1 PR, 104 pushes, 1 branch in 29 days
desktop-applicationnotesreactelectronnote-taking
Chaokanw/csci310-project2
Mar 2018 - Sep 2019
Contributions:28 pushes in 1 year 6 months
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