Sam Foong
Front End Developer at Ignition Advice
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Foong is a Front End Developer based in Sydney with eight years of experience building user-focused web applications, currently at Ignition Advice. He transitioned into tech via a Diploma in Information Technology from Coder Academy after an early career in finance and operations at CommSec and Commonwealth Bank, giving him strong domain knowledge in fintech and attention to detail. Sam specializes in front-end development, combining practical engineering with an understanding of financial workflows from his prior roles in settlements, post-deal management and fund accounting. At Ignition Advice he has been contributing to production-facing interfaces since 2018, shipping iterative improvements that balance usability and reliability. His background means he often bridges product, design and back-office requirements, making complex financial data approachable for end users. Though his GitHub profile is light on public repos, his consistent professional tenure suggests a focus on applied, team-driven delivery over public open-source visibility.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting and Finance, Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting and Finance at University of New South WalesDiploma of Information Technology, Information Technology, Diploma of Information Technology, Information Technology at Coder Academy
English, Malay
Github Skills (10)
mongoose9
mern8
expressjs8
nodejs6
mongodb6
react5
full-stack5
javascript2
typescript1
matic1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
samfoong/eric-ribeiro
Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
Full stack website created with MERN
Contributions:2 PRs, 16 pushes, 3 branches in 17 days
reactexpressjsfull-stackexpressmern
samfoong/sneakers
May 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:34 pushes, 7 branches in 7 days
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