# Shannon Ferguson

> Software Engineer II at Microsoft

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

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer II @ Microsoft
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### Software Engineer @ Microsoft
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | Seattle, Washington, United States

### Cargill Innovation Lab at UIUC Software Engineering Intern @ Cargill
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Champaign, Illinois, United States

### Software Engineering Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Seattle, Washington, United States
• Orchestrated developer documentation and implementation of a new feature for Microsoft Teams, an iOS application with more than 140 million active users 
• Established drag and drop functionality for Teams iPad using Swift, Objective C,
and various native Apple API’s to handle and parse local and external data
• Enhanced Teams mobile by implementing paste support for images and files
along with various bug fixes throughout the codebase

### Events Coordinator and 54 Co-director @ Founders - Illinois Entrepreneurs
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
-Co-directed 54: a startup competition geared towards allowing students to develop pitches for a startup and get mentorship from entrepreneurs 
-Coordinated events that aim to spur university students’ interest in start-up culture and entrepreneurship through competitions and networking opportunities

### iOS Engineering Intern @ M1 Finance: Smart Money Management
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Chicago, Illinois
• Coordinated research, design, and implementation efforts across 3 platform teams for a $53M Series B FinTech Startup
• Implemented reset password flow using Swift which involved new deep link support, GraphQL integration, and token management
• Revamped and implemented an integral, high-traffic biometric authorization flow executed 1M+ times daily by hundreds of thousands of users

### Software Engineer Intern @ Fulcrum Global Technologies Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Chicago Area
• Co-founded upHold (Patent pending), a client relationship management software targeted towards attorneys working at large firms
• Developed a mobile and web app, using React, HTML/CSS, Swift, and Python, that creates and utilizes robust profiles for the attorney’s clients to suggest outreach options and generate automated emails based on news and trends
• Represented Fulcrum at the International Legal Technology Association Conference in Orlando, FL by giving 15 pitches and technical demonstrations of Fulcrum’s start-up ideas to 50 lawyers from around the world

### Lifeguard @ DARIEN SWIM & RACQUET CLUB
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Darien, IL
Guarded patrons and made saves when needed

### Attendee @ iOS Application Development Camp
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Chicago, Illinois
-Attended a week long computer science intensive at the University of Chicago, with a focus on developing iPhone applications using Swift
-Utilized XCode’s Interface Builder to create basic applications such as Tic-Tac-Toe and a card matching game
-Developed a coloring book application that allows users to draw in a variety of colors and choose various backgrounds


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

### High School Diploma
Hinsdale South High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/shannon-ferguson13

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Last updated: 2026-03-30