# Alyssa Shin

> Software Engineer II at Microsoft

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alyssashin

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer II @ Microsoft
Jan 2023 – Present

### Duke Technology Scholar @ Duke University
Jan 2020 – Present | Durham, North Carolina, United States

### Technology Scholar PrepTogether Co-Lead @ Duke University
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Durham, North Carolina, United States

### Co-Founder @ Garm NYC
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | New York, United States

### Creative Director @ Duke FORM Magazine
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Durham, North Carolina, United States

### Software Engineer Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Bellevue, Washington, United States

### Fellow @ Rewriting the Code
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
Selected to partake in the Fellowship program; empower other undergraduate women in technology across the nation through online discussions and by sharing resources

### Software Engineer Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021

### Director of Public Relations and Communications @ Duke FORM Magazine
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Durham, North Carolina, United States
Spearheaded original "Music Mondays" series on the official Instagram account to promote interaction between FORM Magazine and readers by sharing content of diverse mediums (musical and aesthetic)

### Director of Style @ Duke FORM Magazine
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

### Software Engineer Intern @ Nota Incorporated
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Seoul, South Korea
Created Android app that generates random target facial expression and scores player’s facial expression using facial detection and machine learning using Kotlin and implementing Google MLKit’s face detection API

Detected instances of cars in footage of incoming traffic using Python and implementing Facebook's Detectron2 to produce annotated video with bounding boxes and confidence

### Global Investment Banking Summer Analyst @ Bank of America
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
Completed comprehensive online training on finance fundamentals by Training the Street and Financial Edge, demonstrating understanding through graded quizzes and group projects

Proposed M&A deck overviewing current and future prospects of global cosmeceuticals market for a Korean buyer and target, presenting and answering questions

### VP Alumni @ Scale and Coin Business Society
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Durham, North Carolina
Programmed alumni events on and off campus, spearheaded new social media outreach, organized mentorship program

Selected as 1 of 25 trainees out of 280 rushing for membership; completed rigorous 7-week training program on business fundamentals, including stock pitches, consulting case practice, and startup competition

### Teaching Assistant (Computational Methods in Engineering) @ Duke University
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
Instructed 25 first-year students in analyzing and solving engineering problems in lab using Python (3 hours/week)

Co-facilitated weekly office hours as 1 of 2 TAs, encouraging students to develop sustainable analytical problem-solving skills while targeting individualized goals and reinforcing class material (2 hours/week)

Provided detailed, one-on-one feedback on assignment performance and course progress (3 hours/week)

### Teacher @ Pearl S. Buck Foundation
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Seoul, South Korea
Initiated and created new 3-week introductory curriculum on basic coding concepts such as loops and if statements in Entry (Korean version of Scratch) for 8 elementary school students from underprivileged backgrounds

Lead, alongside 2 other volunteers, discussions on pioneers in the tech industry, fostering organic interest in CS; guided students in synthesizing coding concepts to design and create their own interactive video games with Entry

### Intern @ SparkLabs - Global Accelerator
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Seoul, South Korea
Produced speeches and decks for 2 startups for DemoDay 2019 event with over 2000 attendees, facilitated event by managing over 100 VIP investors, led meetings with national and international startups 

Translated announcements and promotional content such as YouTube videos between Korean and English

### Research Intern @ Johns Hopkins Medicine
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Baltimore, Maryland Area
Co-authored research on newly patented drug-delivering polymer nanoparticles of novel formulation published in journal Biomacromolecules, presented Powerpoint in layman’s terms to entire school, created graphical abstract using Adobe Illustrator, made polymer and nanoparticles, troubleshooted and generated raw data, working full time


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Computer Science
Duke University
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022

### Choate Rosemary Hall
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alyssa-shin

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Last updated: 2026-03-22