Sahat Yalkabov
Principal Software Engineer at SIMON Markets LLC
New York, New York, United States
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Sahat Yalkabov is a Principal Software Engineer in New York with 14 years of experience building scalable front-end and full-stack JavaScript applications using React, Redux, Node.js and modern build toolchains. He has led architecture and product-page initiatives at companies like Zappos and Bloomberg and now steers engineering efforts at SIMON Markets. An active open-source maintainer and educator, he authored popular starter projects (hackathon-starter, megaboilerplate), contributed UI fixes to freeCodeCamp and Bokeh, and has published in-depth tutorials that earned features in JavaScript Weekly and Node.js Weekly. He’s a seasoned conference and meetup speaker, a 5-star coding mentor, and an AWS Certified Solutions Architect who brings both production-grade system design and hands-on UX polish to teams. Less obvious: his background includes viral community work (Satellizer) and dozens of hackathons, reflecting a blend of rapid prototyping instinct and long-term engineering discipline.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at The City College of New YorkAssociate of Science (A.S.), Computer Science, Associate of Science (A.S.), Computer Science at Borough of Manhattan Community College
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Github Skills (46)
data-visualizations10
javascript10
bokeh10
expressjs10
google-authentication10
bootstrap10
jquery10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
css10
data-visualisation10
plot10
j10
api10
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
sahat/megaboilerplate
Nov 2015 - Aug 2018
Handcrafted starter projects, optimized for simplicity and ease of use.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1725 commits, 86 PRs, 528 pushes in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Sahat's contributions primarily involved front-end development with the React framework. They were responsible for implementing UI components, updating the website, and adding new pages with bootstrap styles. In addition, the user refactored code, fixed various issues and added functionality, especially related to the user experience.
reacttemplateboilerplateoptimizedease-of-use
sahat/hackathon-starter
Nov 2013 - Mar 2022
A boilerplate for Node.js web applications
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 1866 commits, 248 PRs in 8 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Sahat primarily contributed to the development of features related to user login, account management, and the creation of API examples. They implemented new routes, templates, and functionality for Facebook, Github, Twitter, and Google authentication. These changes included updates to the user model, adding form elements, implementing email sending features for password reset, and refactoring the existing front and back end code.
web-applicationsejsboilerplatenode-jsjs-web
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