Sampson Gao
Software Development Engineer at Amazon
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolSampson Gao is a Software Development Engineer in Toronto with a decade of professional experience building performant systems at companies including Amazon and IBM Canada. With a University of Toronto degree in electrical and computer engineering and strong C/C++ skills, he brings deep comfort with low-level systems, compiler optimization, and UNIX environments alongside front-end experience in HTML/CSS and web development. His background spans compiler work, production software at a cloud-scale employer, and user-focused browser/UI projects—demonstrating both algorithmic rigor and product-minded implementation. Comfortable moving between optimization and UX, he has a track record of shipping features that improve usability and robustness, and he thrives on new technologies and algorithmic problem-solving.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Applied Science and Engineering, 3.76, Bachelor, Applied Science and Engineering, 3.76 at University of TorontoHigh School Degree, Physics, Chemistry, 11-12, High School Degree, Physics, Chemistry, 11-12 at Thomas Haney Secondary School
English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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66reached
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Github Skills (48)
poc10
javascript10
windows10
node-addon-api10
linux10
rocket10
node-api10
api10
js10
macos10
nodejs10
addon10
cpp9
deploying7
ws7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
sampsongao/node
May 2016 - Sep 2017
Contributions:102 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 4 months
node-jsjavascriptruntimejavascript-runtimenodejs
ianwjhalliday/node
Jul 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:30 commits, 37 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
node-jsjavascriptruntimejavascript-runtimenodejs
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