Samuel Molinari
President Co-Founder at Candle Jar
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSamuel Molinari is a seasoned software engineer and entrepreneur with 13 years of experience building full-stack products and leading engineering projects across retail, health tech, and fintech. As Founder of Candle Jar he designed and shipped a SaaS platform and iOS app that grew to over a thousand users within months, while his contracting company Franglo LTD has delivered solutions for clients like M&S, Babylon Health and Funding Circle. He combines hands-on development (backend, frontend, mobile) with UX-driven product work and a track record of improving developer experience, notably leading a Rails monolith upgrade at Funding Circle. Samuel also applies his technical skills to high-impact volunteering and advocacy—helping a struggling charity raise over €120k via web, social and fundraising work—and now co-leads Sanctopia to empower animal sanctuaries. Based in Stony Stratford, he blends entrepreneurial grit, cross-domain delivery, and a commitment to animal rights into mission-driven technology initiatives.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computing Science Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computing Science Software Engineering at Newcastle University
English, French
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Github Skills (19)
search-engine10
java10
restful10
elasticsearch10
opensearch9
plutus9
braintree9
cardano9
smart-contracts8
stripe7
google-pay7
adyen7
paddle7
sca6
engine6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
samuelmolinari/dotfiles
Jan 2015 - Sep 2023
Contributions:14 pushes, 2 branches in 8 years 9 months
franglo/franglo.github.io
Mar 2018 - Nov 2019
Contributions:39 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 8 months
reactjs
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