Kam Karshenas
Principal Software Engineer at Skylight
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKam Karshenas is a Principal Software Engineer and founder with 15+ years building secure, scalable systems for government, healthcare, and mission-driven startups. He leads and mentors engineering teams to modernize critical infrastructure, improve developer productivity, and deliver services used by millions, drawing on deep expertise in cloud architecture, DevSecOps, and observability. Kam has repeatedly translated high-stakes requirements—like federal procurement and veteran healthcare systems—into reliable, auditable platforms using infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and SRE practices. As President & Chief Architect of Saneshark Software he has shipped 15+ full-stack apps across AWS, GCP, and Azure and built LLM-powered tooling to boost operational efficiency. He combines hands-on delivery (first code at age 10, with a penchant for playful tinkering) with a focus on people: clear technical direction, coaching, and sustainable automation. Based in Seattle, he thrives on projects where reliability and trust matter most.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Economics / Computer Science, Bachelor, Economics / Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignSpringfield High School
Persian, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (77)
ruby10
api10
rails-api10
rails10
frontend10
json9
api-blueprint9
activemodel9
database8
decorators8
data-access-layer8
linter8
api-documentation8
analyzer8
serializer8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
saneshark/dotfiles
Aug 2016 - Mar 2023
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 8 months
department-of-veterans-affairs/va_rx
Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:14 PRs, 28 pushes, 14 branches in 2 months
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