Sammy Samkough

862-239-0100 | sammysamkough@gmail.com |
Lindenhurst, NY 11757 ; New York City, NY 10001
https://sammy.pizza | https://github.com/ssamkough | https://linkedin.com/in/ssamkough

Senior Software Engineer

Summary:

Senior Software Engineer with 8+ years of industry experience coding for the web and mobile. Creating performant, accessible user experiences using TypeScript, React, and Node.js aided with modern AI tools like Cursor.

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 — PostgreSQL; Firebase; GraphQL; AWS; Google Cloud; Vercel; Cursor; Claude Code

Work Experience:

Temelio, New York City, NY; Wayne, NJ
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
  • Led development of accounting integrations by hosting workshops internally, interfacing directly with customers, and building out the integration using React, Next.js, Kotlin, Spring Boot, resulting in an increase of retention by 74%.
  • Resolved critical legacy bugs by debugging and diving deep, guiding Cursor, Claude Code, Datadog, and Sentry, resulting in a reduction in customer churn by 40%.
Phia, New York City, NY; Wayne, NJ
Founding Engineer
  • Coordinated engineering effort to pivot product from website marketplace to mobile native iOS app + extension from 0 to 1, mentoring teams using Swift, React.js, TypeScript, resulting in over 100k+ downloads in the first week.
  • Orchestrated consistent onboarding by aligning product platforms such as the app, extension, and website, iterating through several product cycles based on user feedback which brought onboarding rate from 2% to 80%.
Bonny Systems, New York City, NY; Wayne, NJ
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 agencies to build 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, reducing CAC by 35%.
Canal, San Francisco, CA; New York City, NY
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
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