Summary
Sam Sverko is a Front End Developer with 10 years of experience building accessible, responsive web products and design systems that follow WCAG 2.1 best practices. He has shipped production UIs and reusable component libraries across startups and scale-ups, most recently at Hive.co after senior UX engineering roles at Pixlee TurnTo and EQ Works. A master's graduate in Digital Media, Sam blends rigorous academic research with hands-on product work, from prototyping ads and mobile experiences to maintaining cloud-hosted sites and tooling. He’s equally comfortable translating user stories into themed interfaces as he is writing unit tests and contributing to open-source on GitHub. Known for pairing operational discipline with a playful team ethos, Sam often surfaces long-term accessibility gains while solving immediate product challenges.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, General Education, Graduated with Honours, High School Diploma, International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, General Education, Graduated with Honours at St. Thomas High School
Toronto Metropolitan University
Diploma of College Studies (with Honours), Creative Arts, Literature and Languages with Media Arts, CRC Score: 29.965, Diploma of College Studies (with Honours), Creative Arts, Literature and Languages with Media Arts, CRC Score: 29.965 at John Abbott College
English, French