Summary
Sam Bagot is a Principal Front-end Architect based in Austin with 11 years of experience crafting user-focused web applications and leading UI architecture for multi-product launches. He drives React-first front ends (Next, CRA) and component ecosystems while coordinating with backend architects across microservices and monoliths to align product and delivery goals. Sam’s background spans low-level, performance-sensitive systems (C++, video encoders, distributed management) to modern front-end pipelines and CI/CD in Azure, giving him a rare full-stack empathy for performance and operability. Known for mentoring teams and establishing agile practices, he combines hands-on coding with roadmap ownership and cross-functional product collaboration. Unexpectedly, his career roots in multimedia encoder architecture inform a practical mindset for scalable, resilient UI systems that handle real-world load and complexity.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors, Computer Science and Math Minor, Bachelors, Computer Science and Math Minor at Texas Tech University
Masters, Software Engineering, Masters, Software Engineering at Texas State University