# Shandheap Shan

> Founding Engineer @ Pax AI (YC S24) | ex-Amazon, Google

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

Founding Engineer at Pax, building the first AI-powered broker for import tariff refunds that turns a slow, opaque process into something fast, automated, and delightful.

Before Pax, I built tooling for Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped, a version of Google Cloud that runs entirely on-premises for governments and enterprises.

Prior to that, at Amazon I built logistics optimizations that saved millions annually and improved delivery performance for tens of thousands of orders.

## Work Experience
### Founding Software Engineer @ Pax
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
Building the first AI powered broker for import tariff refunds.

Technologies used: Nextjs, React, Typescript, Python, FastAPI, Docker, LLMs

### Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Sunnyvale, California, United States
Built system tooling for Google Distributed Cloud Hosted (GDCH), a completely disconnected on-premises cloud solution targeted for governments and enterprises who need complete ownership of data.

Technologies used: Go, Kubernetes

### Software Development Engineer @ Amazon
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area
Supported and implemented features on Amazon’s system of distributed services that are responsible for scheduling and optimizing physical deliveries for customer orders.

Technologies used: Java, Ruby, Python, SQL, Linux, Big Data, SOA, AWS

### Full-stack Developer @ GrowerIQ
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Toronto, Canada Area
• Gathered user requirements for data acquisition and visualization (analytics) and prototyped user interactions and experience for analytics.
• Implemented analytics module for the platform, including database scripts, api endpoints and frontend data visualization components.
• Individually rewrote database, backend and frontend architecture in Docker, resulting in a significant reduction in developer on-boarding time and providing resilient systems for the cloud.

Technologies used: Python, Angular, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Docker, HTML & CSS.

### Software Developer @ Swyft
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka
• Gathered user requirements and designed data models on PostgreSQL for the core product.
• Implemented the core product as a full-stack web application using Ruby on Rails and React.
• Deployed the web application to AWS Elastic Beanstalk, growing from 0 to 100+ SMBs on the platform.

Technologies used: Ruby on Rails, React, AWS.

### Software Developer Intern (Web and Mobile) @ EventMobi
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Toronto, Canada Area
• Fixed a critical server bug resulting in 90% reduced load time on the mobile application for large events
• Worked as a full-stack developer writing code for handling resources (pdf, excel, word and images) across the mobile application and content manager
• Rewrote back-end legacy PHP API for resources into Python and Node APIs, resulting in higher test coverage and increased ease of adding new features to the API.
• Rewrote and redesigned the front-end components into AngularJS, leading to improved user interface and experience

Programming languages used: Python, Node, AngularJS, PHP, HTML & CSS.

### Co-Founder @ Instuguide
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Toronto, Canada
• Prototyped the initial user interface and user experience for presenting our idea to business partners and clients
• Implemented the MVP as a webapp in Python and AngularJS as a proof of concept
• Participated in the UofT Hatchery 2014 startup incubator program

Programming languages used: Python, Flask, AngularJS, HTML & CSS.

### Software Developer Intern @ Mitra Innovation
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Designed and programmed an informative website to help provide funding and consultation for youth entrepreneurs.

Programming languages used: HTML, CSS, Javascript & jQuery.

### Software Developer Intern @ Virtusa
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Dematagoda, Sri Lanka
Designed, tested and implemented a sub-module of the Akura platform, an open-source school organizational web platform.

Programming languages used: Java, HTML & Javascript.


## Education
### Honours Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) with Distinction in Specialist in Computer Science and Minor in Math
University of Toronto


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-05