# Shannon Tan

> @Metronome — previous @Bolt, @Addepar, @Box, @Deloitte

Location: United States, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/shannontan

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Metronome
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Engineering Manager @ Bolt
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
- Recruited, onboarded, and managed over 12 engineers from junior to staff levels as part of the Application Frameworks team — as well as assisting in recruiting, mentorship, and onboarding for multiple engineering teams.
- Ran and managed all processes and meetings for the remote team, including social and team bonding activities.
- Decided and wrote the strategic direction for the entire Platforms organization to enhance speed of delivery while maintaining security and reliability.
- Regularly provided feedback at larger engineering and company directions/messaging.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Bolt
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Became a notable fire-fighter in several incidents due to ability to organize and coordinate engineers on several tasks, ability to navigate codebase/tooling, and ability to debug based on limited information.
- Ideated and introduced foundational technologies such as Temporal for teams to build on and utilize with the intention of replacing ingrown, limited functionality systems.
- Assumed the responsibility of DRI for the main production database (and all related operations and systems)
- Discovered the “root cause” of one of the largest production incidents in company history, and decided on/implemented several mitigating actions to prevent recurrence.
- Became a go-to expert on the frontend React codebase and was a sought-after code reviewer for notable features. Partnered with staff level engineers on framework improvements.
- Implemented the capability to customize Bolt’s checkout messaging that could (and was) later extended for internationalization. This included internal capabilities to manage this messaging.
- Ran several A/B tests to evaluate the impact to checkout conversion.

### Software Engineer @ Addepar
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018

### Technical Consulting Analyst @ Box
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Los Altos

### Business Technology Analyst @ Deloitte
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
- Designed and documented features of a major release that would impact over a million users
- Presented front-end mockups and potential user flows directly to a public sector entity for approval
- Built strong relationships with engineers that reduced defect resolution time
- Automated data setup for testing by utilizing Selenium WebDriver to reduce testing time

### Software Developer @ UCLA Office of Information Technology
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014
- Developed web applications to provide a better learning environment for students and professors
- Built a conference schedule list using PHP to allow attendees to customize a schedule
- Designed the foundation version of an online polling tool to be used in classrooms
- Developed the online polling tool using Ruby on Rails with CSS, JS, and HTML front end

### Building Supervisor, Operations Clerk @ UCLA Office of Information Technology
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
- Managed a large team of individuals across several recreation departments to provide a safe and efficient recreational environment for all patrons
- Dealt with any disputes between employees or between patrons
- Ensured all building and departmental policies were followed and quickly resolved infractions to prevent further conflict 
- Provided necessary first aid/medical response when necessary
- Provided necessary information to all visitors and patrons about the events within the building
- Managed access to all resources within the building to ensure all programs ran efficiently and were well supplied

### Software Test Engineering Intern @ Northrop Grumman Corporation
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Redondo Beach, CA
- Completed test generation software to automatically regenerate tests when requirements changed
- Parsed through design documents to create unit tests that ensured complete code and requirement coverage

### Sales @ Vans
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Carlsbad, CA
- Prepared and maintained product displays to ensure a professional image for patrons
- Customized sales experience per customer to ensure all customers' needs were met
- Proposed and implemented new management methods to ensure products were well stocked, employees were more effective, and customer needs were met quickly
- Received recognition for top sales numbers of 30 person team for multiple time periods


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
UCLA


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

---
Source: https://flows.cv/shannontan
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/shannontan/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-04-05