Sam Bakkila
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Bakkila is an instructional designer and edtech product professional with nine years of experience designing curriculum, leading cohorts, and building learning systems across startups, higher education, and public health. Currently developing AI-focused courses at LaunchCode, Sam blends hands-on coding experience (Fullstack Academy graduate and former bootcamp TA) with a background in writing instruction and quantitative public health research. At Codecademy they authored core web and Python curriculum and led optimization efforts that measurably improved conversion and revenue. Comfortable with both pedagogical strategy and technical implementation, Sam has also run LMS operations, managed outreach for statewide training systems, and overseen novel fellowship selection—bringing a rare mix of narrative craft and data-driven program design. Based in New York, they excel at translating complex technical topics into engaging, outcomes-focused learning experiences.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Fox Chapel Area High SchoolAB, Inequality and Public Health, Cum laude with High Honors, AB, Inequality and Public Health, Cum laude with High Honors at Harvard UniversityMaster of Arts (M.A.), English Literature, 4.0, Master of Arts (M.A.), English Literature, 4.0 at Portland State UniversityJavascript, Node, Express, Sequelize, React, Redux, Javascript, Node, Express, Sequelize, React, Redux at Fullstack Academy of Code
English, Latin
Github Skills (7)
state-management10
javascript10
flux-architecture10
react10
facebook10
redux10
testing9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
sbakkila/YABookShopper
Apr 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:56 PRs, 53 pushes, 30 branches in 6 months
reactdockernodejsgraphqlfullstack
sbakkila/GameOfLifePractice
Jun 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:4 PRs, 3 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
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