Summary
Sam Wilkins is a software engineer with eight years of hands-on experience building systems-level projects, full-stack web applications, and interactive multimedia tools. Based in Cambridge, MA, he currently develops production software at Ab Initio Software after leading research and development teams at Brown’s Pen and Touch Computing Lab. His background spans C for low-level systems, Java for 2D game development, and modern JavaScript/TypeScript stacks (React, Node, Java Spark) for web clients and servers, with practical expertise in async programming and API integrations. At Brown he delivered a cross-platform dashboard integrating Google and speech-recognition APIs, demonstrating a knack for combining research prototypes with user-facing features. He seeks industry projects that have social and cultural impact and brings creative energy from a parallel interest in songwriting, electronic music production, and sound design. Outside work he stays active through soccer and golf and is known among peers as a curious engineer who blends technical rigor with creative experimentation.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Brown University
Spanish