# Paul Shen

> Code and aesthetics

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/paulshen

## Work Experience
### Technical Staff @ OpenAI
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Engineer @ Unknown
Jan 2020 – Present
Member of Ink & Switch Potluck team https://www.inkandswitch.com/potluck/
Contract work at Notion

Projects
https://natto.dev - spatial live JavaScript environment
https://code-explorer.bypaulshen.com
https://css-structure.netlify.app
https://drawbattle.io
https://nook.exchange

### Engineer @ Discord
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020
- Tech lead on company-wide Discord Store project
- Founded and led Product Infrastructure

### Designer/Engineer @ Lugg
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017
Implemented new Lugger app in React Native

### Contract Designer/Engineer @ Opendoor.com
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Designed mobile app and introduced React Native

### Product Designer @ Shift Technologies, Inc.
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016

### Engineer @ Facebook
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014
- Rewrote web composer, the input box on facebook.com
- Implemented core UI components in XHP and React
- Minor contributor to React
- Organized and ran internal UI engineering conference
- Revamped Bootcamp program and worked on engineering culture

### User Interface Engineer @ Facebook
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009

### 05-630 Teaching Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009
Teaching Assistant for Programming Usable Interfaces

### 15-212 Teaching Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008
Teaching assistant for Principles of Programming

### Pro Apps Final Cut Studio Engineer @ Apple
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008

### Web/Release Engineer Intern @ Scalable Network Technologies
Jan 2007 – Jan 2007


## Education
### BS in Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction
Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2006 – Jan 2010


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/paulshen0
- Portfolio: http://bypaulshen.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-25