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Sammy Samkough

862-239-0100 | sammysamkough@gmail.com |

Wayne, NJ 07470 ; New York City, NY 10001

https://sammy.pizza | https://github.com/ssamkough | https://linkedin.com/in/ssamkough

Software Engineer

Summary:

Software Engineer with 8+ years of industry experience coding for the web, using application design. Creating beautiful, accessible user experiences using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript / TypeScript.

Areas of Expertise: Fullstack Development // Web Development // System Design

Technical Proficiencies:

Languages — HTML; CSS; JavaScript; TypeScript; Python; Swift; Kotlin; Java; C#; SQL
Frameworks — React.js; Next.js; Spring Boot; Astro.js; Svelte; Django; Node.js; Express.js; React Native
Applications — Git; PostgreSQL; Firebase; GraphQL; Storybook; AWS; Google Cloud; Vercel; Netlify; Chromatic

Work Experience:

Temelio, New York City, NY; Wayne, NJ

Jul 2025 - Present

Full-Stack Engineer

Led development of integrations by coordinating on Jira, teaching users the platform, writing documentation, and building from scratch using React.js, Next.js, Kotlin, Spring Boot, and PostgreSQL to an accessible audience.
Rehauled existing platform features by debugging and diving deep, exploring and developing the best user experience, focusing on buiding accessible UI / UX interfaces.

Phia, New York City, NY; Wayne, NJ

Oct 2024 - May 2025

Founding Engineer

Coordinated engineering effort to pivot core product from website marketplace to mobile native iOS app + Safari extension from 0 to 1 working with a variety of different teams using Swift and React.js.
Orchestrated onboarding of finance product by working within appropriate platforms which were the app, extension, website and ran through several product cycles based on user feedback which brought rate from 2% to 80%.

Bonny Systems, New York City, NY; Wayne, NJ

Oct 2023 - Oct 2024

Founding Engineer

Achieving over 80% reduction in website load times by improving core web vitals which includes minimizing JavaScript usage, image optimization, and adherence to web standards.
Partnering with design agencies to build and deploy modern websites with CI/CD pipelines using content management systems (CMS) like WordPress or advanced front-end frameworks such as Next.js and Astro.js.

Canal, San Francisco, CA; New York City, NY

May 2021 - Jul 2023

Software Engineer

Developed the onboarding process to adapt to evolving user needs, making product decisions on the fly, utilizing React, Next.js, TypeScript, XState, Django and GraphQL which lead to an overall 40% increase in user satisfaction.

Popstar, Remote USA

Nov 2020 - Apr 2021

Software Engineer

Launched a feature-rich iOS application using Swift and Firebase / NoSQL, which offered an elegant vertical video experience, including social interactions such as sharing and commenting on videos.

Education:

Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science 2019

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