# Vanshil Shah

> Software Engineer at Google

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

Software. Robotics. Travel. I love providing career advice and inspiring others to achieve.

Message me if you are interested in chatting, or email: me@vanshil.com. Please ask your question in the first message, it saves us both time :)

Alternatively feel free to visit my
website: https://vanshil.com

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2019 – Present
- Engineered features for RCS provisioning in Google Messages Android app, using Java and Kotlin
- Built onboarding experiences to drive engagement, improved RCS adoption by 50M+ users
- Lead multiple projects end-to-end working cross-functionally with Product, UX, Legal and Privacy, QA
- Lead and delivered on mission critical projects such as RCS Chat rebrand under tight deadlines

### Software Engineering Consultant @ Blockscope
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
- Consulted on and engineered micro-services written in Node.js for a blockchain startup, with a heavy focus on system architecture, scalability, cost-reduction, and distributed computing
- Built a configurable ingestion service to read, process, normalize, and write blockchain data from various sources
- Built a service for processing, filtering, and predicate matching Ethereum event data to user-defined pipelines
- Built a webhook and event delivery service with a state-machine model and configurable retry-parameters

### Software Engineering Intern @ Facebook
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Menlo Park, California
- Developed  and A/B tested new features for Messenger Android app using Litho and GraphQL
- Implemented fuzzy search functionality across a new experimental feature
- Improved client caching strategy, lowered network usage and improved data freshness

### Software Engineering Intern @ Uber
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, California
-   Built an integration using Facebook Graph API and UBER Trip Experiences to match a trip destination with users’ Facebook Events (written in Go) 
-   Improved debugging experience for 3rd party developers by developing a debugging console in React and Go 
-   Used Elasticsearch and dynamic templates to store error logs produced across many services ingested from Kafka

### Alpha Coach (Python and Javascript) @ Hatch Canada
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Toronto
- Educated children (ages 7yrs - 17yrs) with basic Javascript Fundamentals
and Processing.js
- Helped students debug code and build a strong foundation in Javascript
syntax
- Taught older students python and basic algorithmic concepts
-  Assisted students in preparing for the Senior level CCC

### Front End Developer @ OpenSports
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | 10 Dundas St. E. 6th Floor Toronto, ON M5B 2G9
- Used React-Native to build 5-star rating system between app users
- Lead developer on a team of 4, developed an Android app for the City of Newmarket
- Used Express.js and Node.js to create client-facing web pages. 
- Developed a twitter bot that used NLP to find and follow potential users, improved social outreach

### Camp Leader @ City of Toronto
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015
- Supervised camp 
- Participated in organizing trips, games and outdoor activities
- Contributed in conducting indoor games, arts, and crafts
- Led games and ensured the safety of the campers

### Mechanical Design Lead @ Woburn Robotics
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 | Woburn CI
Lead the student design team. Collaborating over multiple CAD platforms including Solidworks and Autodesk Inventor. Machining custom parts using high precision CNC, manual mill and lathe.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Computer Science
University of Toronto
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019

### Highschool Diploma in Gifted Program
Woburn Collegiate Institute
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vanshilshah
- Website: http://vanshil.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-22