Sam Hong
Senior Software Engineer, Platform IAM
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolSam Hong is a founding engineer and backend-focused software developer with nine years of experience building scalable systems, currently based in Seattle. A Cornell ECE alumnus, he progressed through multiple engineering roles at Slack—culminating in Senior Software Engineer work on Sales Elevate and earlier ownership of People & Profiles and Enterprise Architecture—and now applies that product-to-founder perspective at Athanor AI. He brings hands-on expertise in backend architecture, product integration, and cross-functional collaboration from internships at Siemens Healthineers and GE Aviation to research in autonomous systems and soft robotics. Known for moving quickly from prototypes to production, Sam blends academic rigor with startup grit and a knack for translating complex system requirements into pragmatic, maintainable services.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University
English, Korean
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Github Skills (5)
openvz10
chroot8
openflow8
xen8
nodejs1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
FlamesRunner/natCP
Oct 2017 - Apr 2020
A free open source OpenVZ panel.
Contributions:4 commits, 5 PRs, 4 pushes in 2 years 6 months
openflowopenvzpanelchrootxen
FlamesRunner/flamesrunner.github.io
Apr 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:1 PR in 1 day
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