Sam Broadhead
Co-Founder at Sence
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Broadhead is a New Zealand software engineer and co-founder with eight years of experience building SaaS and AI-driven products from Auckland. As Co-Founder of Sence, he’s focused on conversational intelligence that helps brands extract actionable insights, drawing on hands-on engineering experience across full-stack systems. Prior to Sence he progressed through roles at Auror and Unleashed Software, shipping production features as a senior engineer and gaining practical experience in cloud, .NET Core, React and conversational AI from earlier internships. His background combines product-facing engineering with startup execution—comfortable moving between prototyping conversational interfaces and scaling backend services. Sam’s trajectory shows a pattern of rapid technical growth and ownership, having moved from intern roles to leadership and founder responsibilities within a few years. He also maintains an active engineering presence on GitHub under sam-Auror, signaling ongoing engagement with code and collaboration.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Saint KentigernBachelor of Engineering (Hons) Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Software Engineering at University of Auckland
Github Skills (5)
statistical-learning6
neuroimaging4
python4
nextjs1
react1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
swimuel/swimuel.github.io
Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:37 pushes, 1 branch in 27 days
rillstone/ella
Apr 2019 - Oct 2019
Research project for fourth year studies at the University of Auckland
Contributions:57 commits, 13 PRs, 20 pushes in 6 months
neuroimagingpythonstatistical-learningaucklandopenscience
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