# Shaw Kitajima

> Software Engineer at Classy

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

So full stack I can code Terraform and Kubernetes

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Classy
Jan 2023 – Present | United States

### Technical Trainer @ Classy
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Diego, California, United States

### Instructional Associate @ General Assembly
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

### Litigation Consultant @ The Retirement Group LLC
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | San Diego
Managed five cases, three of which were taken to trial. Responsibilities included analyzing discovery for use as exhibits, drafting motions, creating case presentations, preparing examination outlines, and writing final/opening statements. Also headed a response to an SEC investigation regarding trade secrets, and used Python to program:
●	Phone Scrubber - Checked phone numbers against DNC and call lists using Pandas, NumPy, and Tkinter 
●	Phone Directory Parser - Parsed phone numbers from speech using Twilio, IBM Watson, and RegEx

### Intern @ StepStone Group
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Greater San Diego Area
Reconciled 642 quarterly updates from private equity portfolio changes and used them to write 197 analyses which explained the valuation differences. Normalized track records from various General Partners to be compiled to proprietary database.  Clients include many state pension plans, corporate pension plans, and extremely high net worth families. Also created:
●	VBA Data Reconciler - Excel VBA script that would automate the data reconciliation process


## Education
### Computer Software Engineering
General Assembly

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Management Science
UC San Diego


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-05