Sam Crochet is a Software Engineer III with a decade of experience building reliable, scalable backend platforms and currently working on the npm registry at GitHub. Based in Berkeley, he brings production-grade engineering from agency work with Fortune 500 clients to infrastructure that serves the world's largest package ecosystem. His background spans platform and backend roles at WillowTree, internships across healthcare and finance tech, and undergraduate research exploring computational limits of DNA-based storage—evidence of a curiosity for both applied systems and novel computing problems. Known for collaborating across small, high-performing teams, he pairs pragmatic delivery with a focus on developer experience and open-source ecosystems.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at North Carolina State University
High School, High School at Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts (LSMSA)
👨🎤Graph partition tool to find subsets of related artists using @spotify API
Contributions:2 PRs, 14 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 8 months
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