Haley Sambursky
Senior Software Engineer at Datadog
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHaley Sambursky is a Senior Software Engineer with six years of experience building backend services and scalable systems, currently advancing observability at Datadog after progressing from Software Engineer II. She transitioned from a BS in Biochemistry to software via the Grace Hopper Program, bringing a scientist’s mindset to debugging and designing reliable systems. Proficient in Python and TypeScript with strong experience in Node.js, Flask, PostgreSQL, Docker and Kubernetes, she pairs pragmatic backend expertise with familiarity in event-driven tools like Kafka and testing/CI tooling. Haley has shipped production features at Better.com and Datadog, and she values inclusive, innovative engineering cultures that mirror her nontraditional path into tech. An analytical problem-solver who started programming for fun in college, she often leverages cross-disciplinary thinking to simplify complex data flows and observability challenges.
6 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at The Grace Hopper Program at Fullstack AcademyBachelor of Science - BS Biochemistry, Bachelor of Science - BS Biochemistry at University of Virginia
Github Skills (9)
hugo9
datadog9
git8
documentation8
github8
terraform-provider7
terraform7
patch6
subversion3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Podium-1909-GH/Podium
Nov 2019 - Aug 2021
Contributions:1 review, 66 PRs, 71 pushes in 1 year 9 months
hay-sam/hay-sam.github.io
Dec 2019 - Mar 2025
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 4 months
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