Sam Linnett
Senior Engineering Manager at Fanatics
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Linnett is a senior engineering manager based in London with over a decade of hands-on experience building scalable web, mobile and fintech platforms that serve millions. He combines product-focused leadership with deep technical fluency—TypeScript, React/React Native, Node.js, GraphQL and cloud-native architectures—to modernise trading and payment infrastructure and drive measurable business outcomes. Sam has a track record of taking 0→1 products into production while leading cross-functional teams through architectural evolution, performance improvements and DevEx initiatives. He actively champions pragmatic AI adoption across organisations and mentors engineers to raise delivery quality and velocity. His recent roles span rapid-growth fintechs and consumer platforms, reflecting a pattern of short, impact-focused engagements that accelerate product maturation. Known for balancing innovation with operational rigor, Sam surfaces practical, high-leverage changes that scale systems and teams.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
AS/A Level, English Language, Law, Psychology, AS/A Level, English Language, Law, Psychology at Beauchamp Community College
Github Skills (156)
parallax10
react-native-app10
remote-config10
in-app-purchase10
google-auth10
receipt-validation10
firebase10
auth10
javascript10
push-notifications10
react-native-navigation10
realtime-database10
obsolete10
react-hooks10
nested-objects10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
linnett/backgroundVideo
Nov 2014 - Feb 2019
Contributions:50 commits, 8 PRs, 36 pushes in 4 years 3 months
parallaxpositionfixbackground-parallaxjquery
linnett/samlinnett
Sep 2015 - May 2023
My personal website, re-developed in 2020, using React with Typescript. WIP
Contributions:6 releases, 2 PRs, 19 pushes in 7 years 9 months
reactjsreacttypescriptwip
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