# Anna Shen

> Software Engineer

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

I am an experienced software engineer developing JavaScript applications with proficiency in React, Redux, Typescript and Node.js. Co-Creator of Deno-Redlock, first distributed lock manager system in Deno.

Featured Speaker for Single Sprout Speaker Series: “Database Management”.

Github: github.com/ashen0426

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ DenoDLM (Open Source)
Jan 2022 – Present
- Implemented Redis Redlock algorithm, a deadlock free and fault tolerant distributed lock manager system to ensure the resources are shared in a mutually exclusive way among various processes for Redis clients on Deno.
- Developed on Deno runtime as it provides a more secured and lightweight compiling environment of Javascript.
- Utilized Typescript throughout the entire codebase to minimize bugs and to simplify development via compile-time errors to build a more reliable and explicit developing environment.

### Skive | A live chatting app that supports group chats @ Open Source
Jan 2022 – Present
- Utilized Socket.io for bi-directional communication between clients and servers by providing long http polling with automatic reconnection that provides real-time and low-latency updating of the messages.
- Implemented Google login through OAuth 2.0 for strong password security protection and a hassle-free client login experience.

### Brewery 2.0 | An application for finding nearby breweries @ Open Source
Jan 2022 – Present
- Utilized Express on Node.js which provides middleware functions for easier scalability to handle event-driven, non-blocking I/O requests.
- Generated cookies with Bcrypt and JWT in multi-layer middlewares for checking user authentication and session expiration.
- Incorporated React for modularizing function components in order to achieve faster and smoother updates of the contents.
- Employed MongoDB as a cache of the breweries' information fetched from external API to minimize the amount of unnecessary trips for additional fetch requests in order to optimize user experience with faster response.

### Treasury Associate @ Shinhan Bank
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018
- Liquidity management
- Fixed income investment research
- Fund transfer pricing (FTP) management


## Education
### Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Finance, International Business
The George Washington University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ashen0426

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Last updated: 2026-04-13