Laurie Sam is a pragmatic full-stack developer and mentor based in Helsinki with six years of experience combining business management insight and hands-on engineering. After completing a Full Stack Web Developer program, Laurie joined Druid Oy where they maintain and improve customer-facing services using Drupal, Symfony, React and Vue while also facilitating intern onboarding as Apprentice Initiator. Laurie contributes to notable open-source work such as Mautic—delivering frontend and backend fixes that improve forms, lead management, and overall usability—bringing real-world product impact. Comfortable reading and refactoring complex codebases, they pair a systems-minded approach with a knack for spotting practical process improvements born from prior project management roles. Colleagues rely on Laurie for clear technical guidance, code reviews, and creating collaborative learning environments that accelerate junior developer growth.
6 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange Program, Business Administration and Management, General, Exchange Program, Business Administration and Management, General at Alliance Manchester Business School
Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration and Management, General, Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration and Management, General at ESADE Business & Law School
Full Stack Web Developer program – React, Drupal & Symfony, Full Stack Web Developer program – React, Drupal & Symfony at Helsinki Business College Oy
English, French, creoles and pidgins, french-based, Spanish, Catalan, Finnish
Mautic: Open Source Marketing Automation Software.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:15 reviews, 11 PRs, 46 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Laurie primarily contributes to the Mautic open-source marketing automation software, focusing on frontend and backend improvements. Their work includes fixing form-related issues, enhancing UI/UX elements such as disabling form fields based on conditions, and modifying JavaScript files for form state management. They also refactored code, including updating CSS styles and JavaScript functions to improve the application's usability and overall performance. They also implemented improvements related to Lead management.
Contributions:17 PRs, 235 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 11 months
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