Samuel Kwak
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSamuel Kwak is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building user-focused web applications, currently driving projects at Microsoft after rising through Software Engineer II and earlier development roles. Trained in biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Georgia and re-skilled through Hack Reactor, he blends scientific rigor with practical software engineering—having used Python for molecular design and R for cancer gene analytics before pivoting full-time to web development. His background includes hands-on consulting and leadership roles, from DBA analytics work on large pension plans to managing clinical scribe teams, which gives him a rare mix of data, product, and operational empathy. Based in Cambridge, MA, he’s motivated by creating accessible experiences for today's users and the next billion, and often approaches engineering problems with a researcher's curiosity and late-night dedication that traces back to learning syntax at 3 AM in college.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Software Engineering Immersive, Software Engineering Immersive at Hack ReactorBachelor of Science (B.S.) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of Georgia - Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
Github Skills (31)
typescript9
react7
django6
relative-time5
dts5
python5
microsoft5
displays5
react-components5
javascript5
react-component-library4
netlify4
component-library4
web-components4
typescript-definitions4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
kwak123/kwak-react
Dec 2017 - Mar 2020
Simple TS React template
Contributions:4 PRs, 11 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 4 months
reacttemplateboilerplatereact-tsreactjs
teamloco/loco
Nov 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:62 PRs, 30 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
subwaysreacttrackingnyccrowd
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