Sam Kalnins is a seasoned infrastructure and platform leader with 12 years in senior engineering roles and a two-decade trajectory across Google, Improbable, Meta, Apple, and Applied Intuition. Currently Head of Infrastructure & Platform at Applied Intuition in Mountain View, he combines hands-on systems engineering roots (Linux engineering at Morgan Stanley) with executive experience building large-scale, reliable cloud platforms. Known as a pragmatic decision maker and problem solver, he has repeatedly scaled teams and infrastructure in both consumer tech and simulation/AI-adjacent domains. Sam’s background spans global engineering centers from London to Silicon Valley, and he brings a penchant for adventurous, cross-disciplinary approaches to complex operational challenges.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Computer Systems & Electronics, Bachelor's Degree Computer Systems & Electronics at King's College London
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