Samiya Akhtar
Principal Software Engineer at Palo Alto Networks
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolSamiya Akhtar is a Principal Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building cloud-native observability and GitOps tooling, currently based in San Francisco. She has driven production-grade Kubernetes automation and observability features at Chronosphere and Microsoft, contributing to projects like Bedrock and Spektate that blend secure GitOps workflows with interactive dashboards. Samiya pairs strong front-end chops—evident from contributions to Microsoft’s Fluent UI, including dashboard grids, charting cards, and drag-and-drop UX—with backend and infrastructure expertise across Kubernetes and ML tooling. Known for shipping auditable, scalable systems, she moves fluidly between developer-facing tooling and polished user interfaces. Her background combines enterprise-scale product delivery with practical open-source contributions that improve both developer experience and operational visibility.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Software Engineering co-op, Bachelor of Software Engineering co-op at University of Waterloo
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (16)
typescript10
react-components10
typescripts10
dashboard10
component-kit10
fluentd10
react10
typescript-types10
ui-components10
react-component10
javascript9
css9
scroll6
qt6
jquery6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/fluentui
Jun 2018 - Sep 2018
Fluent UI web represents a collection of utilities, React components, and web components for building web applications.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:22 commits, 58 PRs, 28 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Samiya primarily focused on developing and enhancing UI components within the Fluent UI web framework. Their contributions involved creating a dashboard grid layout, integrating charting capabilities into dashboard cards, and implementing features such as drag-and-drop functionality for card elements. The user also addressed styling issues, improved examples, and ensured the proper loading of CSS styles, demonstrating proficiency in front-end development and UI design within the context of the repository.
web-componentsreact-component-libraryreact-componentsmicrosoftui-components
samiyaakhtar/samiyaakhtar.github.io
Jan 2015 - Jan 2021
Contributions:49 pushes in 6 years
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