Summary
Samuel Dost is a senior full-stack software engineer and engineering leader based in New York with 11 years of professional experience building production systems across Javascript, Swift, Python, PHP, C++, Scala, and Elixir. He has progressed from Flash and game programming into leading engineering teams and live-ops infrastructure, most recently contributing to Acorns after serving as Director of Engineering at AptDeco. Samuel’s background spans game server architecture, consumer web platforms, and high-availability services, giving him a strong blend of low-level systems thinking and product-focused delivery. He’s comfortable owning architecture through implementation and operations, and brings a practical track record of shipping cross-stack solutions in fast-changing environments. An early career in game development and Flash informs a pragmatic approach to performance and real-time systems that surfaces in his backend and live-ops work.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Bachelor's Degree at University of Rochester