Shawn Rakowski
Senior Software Engineer at Allocate
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolShawn Rakowski is a seasoned software engineer with a decade of experience delivering product-minded, scalable solutions across .NET, JavaScript, and cloud services. Based in Brainerd, Minnesota, he has driven cost-saving platform migrations and feature deliveries for sellers, including moving Pro Websites/Kiosk to an in-house solution that cut hosting costs and expanded access. His work at TCGplayer combined C#/.NET, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Vue.js, and SQL Server to harden reporting, implement faceted search, and improve stability for investor-ready data. He has a track record of bridging product and engineering, transitioning issues into actionable bugs, and even mentoring as a temporary instructor and recruiting coordinator, showing a broader impact beyond code. Shawn thrives on shipping practical, user-focused features—such as customizable shipping-header imports—that directly ease customers’ workflows, while mentoring teams and contributing to security awareness through teaching engagements. He holds a BS in Computer Science and Philosophy from Bemidji State University and has built a diverse career across startups, manufacturing eCommerce, and large tech suppliers.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Brainerd High SchoolB.S./B.A, Computer Science, Philosophy, B.S./B.A, Computer Science, Philosophy at Bemidji State UniversityA.A., Liberal Arts, Computer Repair, A.A., Liberal Arts, Computer Repair at Central Lakes College
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Github Skills (34)
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
srakowski/coldstone
May 2015 - Jul 2016
Contributions:12 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
mylifeforthecode/mylifeforthecode.github.io
Aug 2016 - Mar 2020
Contributions:58 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 7 months
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