Summary
Samuel Tapia is a senior software engineer with nine years of experience who currently advances developer-facing backend and API work at Twilio in the Los Angeles area. He rose through Twilio from intern to senior engineer, specializing in TypeScript-based services, API design, and building well-tested CRUD and integration endpoints. His background blends production engineering with hands-on systems administration and automation from earlier roles, giving him a pragmatic focus on reliability, performance, and operational efficiency. An experienced mentor and former graduate teaching assistant, he brings proven coaching and curriculum experience for large student cohorts and peer teams. Samuel’s mix of telecom-scale backend engineering and prior infrastructure/VOIP projects means he’s comfortable spanning from low-level systems to modern cloud-native service design.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Transfer, Computer Science, Transfer, Computer Science at El Camino College
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of California, Riverside
Spanish, English