Summary
Saumitra Saha is a seasoned software engineer in San Francisco with 10 years of experience building scalable web services and full-stack applications using C, JavaScript/Node.js, Python, React, and AWS. He has hands-on experience scaling a voice game to over 1.5 million users through DynamoDB redesigns and cost-saving data models, and has led migrations and knowledge transfer across distributed teams. With a background as an economist at the Federal Reserve and advanced degrees in economics and mathematics, he blends quantitative rigor with pragmatic engineering to solve ambiguous problems. Saumitra also teaches advanced algorithmic thinking to senior engineers and writes clear documentation that smooths onboarding and operational transitions. Outside of work he volunteers on a suicide prevention hotline and draws energy from community activities like local soccer and neighborhood parks, bringing empathy and mentorship into team culture.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Hack Reactor
M.A., Economics, M.A., Economics at The University of Texas at Austin
B.A., Mathematics (Computer Science related), B.A., Mathematics (Computer Science related) at Northwestern University
London School of Economics and Political Science
English, Bengali