# Sam Shi

> Shortcuts @ Apple

Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/samshi

Hi, I'm Sam! I love problem-solving, software engineering, teaching, and music, and my extensive experience in computer science and the percussive arts has developed my problem-solving, leadership, communication skills, creativity, and work ethic.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer, Shortcuts @ Apple
Jan 2025 – Present | Cupertino, California, United States

### Percussion Director @ Fremont High School
Jan 2025 – Present | Sunnyvale, California, United States

### Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science @ UNC Department of Computer Science
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
COMP 433 - Mobile Computing Systems (Swift, SwiftUI)
https://comp433.notion.site

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ UNC Department of Computer Science
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024
COMP 523: Software Engineering Laboratory (Fall 2023 – Fall 2024)

### Undergraduate Teaching Assistant @ UNC Department of Computer Science
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023
COMP 283: Discrete Structures (Fall 2020 – Fall 2021)
COMP 426: Modern Web Programming (Spring 2022)
CSXL Ambassador & Workshop Lead (Fall 2022)
COMP 423: Foundations of Software Engineering (Spring 2023)

### Chief Learning Officer & iOS Engineer @ App Team Carolina
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | Chapel Hill, NC
Chief Learning Officer
- Develop two-semester iOS development curriculums for beginner and intermediate members.
- Lead 90+ members through learning fundamental and advanced iOS concepts.
- Host weekly meetings to help members truly understand concepts and the reasons behind decisions.
- Be involved in the iOS community to provide the most recent information and best practices to members.

iOS Engineer
- Participate in the development of iOS applications.
- Make decisions about which technologies and frameworks should be used to solve problems.
- Execute challenging development tasks such as implementing push notifications, local computer vision, separate schemes for different environments, global error handling, etc.

### Software Engineering Intern, Foundation @ Apple
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Cupertino, California, United States

### Software Engineering Intern @ Apple
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Cupertino, California, United States

### Software Engineering Intern (iOS) @ Pinterest
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States
- Collaborated on a team to build and design features in Your Shop, Pinterest’s shopping tab, using Objective-C, Texture, and UIKit.
- Continuously led cross-functional discussions between teams to drive solutions and improve UX for 450 million monthly active users.
- Advocated for and executed accessibility improvements to greatly increase usability of Your Shop with VoiceOver.
- Hosted workshops to expose teammates to new concepts in iOS development and wrote clean code to serve as an example.
- Earned honorable mention at a company-wide hackathon for building an AR shopping experience with Swift, SwiftUI, and RealityKit.
- Wrote comprehensive unit and snapshot tests for both pre-existing and new code to increase iteration speed and prevent regressions.

### iOS Engineering Intern @ Beautycounter
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
- Built features and fixed bugs for two iOS applications with over 10,000 daily active users.
- Owned the design and development of a system that allows users to add products to multiple wishlists.
- Worked as an individual contributor in an Agile work environment using GitHub for source control.
- Used UIKit, SwiftUI, Combine, and Realm to build user-facing features and fix business-critical bugs.
- Collaborated cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other technology teams to ensure great user experiences.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

### BS in Minor, B.S. Computer Science, Music Minor
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

### Northwood High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/samrshi
- Portfolio: https://samuelshi.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/samrshi

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Last updated: 2026-04-10