About

Dounan Shi is a highly experienced Staff Software Engineer currently working at Stripe. He has over 12 years of relevant experience in the tech industry, with a focus on software engineering, infrastructure, and research. Prior to his current role, Dounan held the position of Senior Staff Software Engineer at Flexport, where he led several initiatives to improve the company's infrastructure, developer experience, and service-oriented architecture. He also played a key role in the monolith to SOA transition, driving the adoption of gRPC and setting architectural principles and best practices. Dounan is also credited with leading the research, design, and implementation of the "brain" of Flexport's Ocean business, which significantly increased the quality of assignments and the efficiency of operations. Dounan's experience also includes working as a Lead Software Engineer at Wishlife, where he built a platform to connect families through the sharing of stories and guidance via video, audio, or written form. He was an early adopter of React and Clojure, and his work involved web and mobile clients for recording video and audio, backend media processing pipelines, and media serving infrastructure. Dounan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. His tech stack includes expertise in software engineering, senior software engineering, infrastructure, frontend and backend development, Kubernetes, research science, Clojure, and mobile and web development. Overall, Dounan is a highly skilled and experienced software engineer with a strong track record of driving innovation and leading initiatives to improve infrastructure and developer experience. He is a valuable asset to any organization looking to improve their software engineering capabilities.