Savion Sample
Software Engineer at Twitch
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSavion Sample is a software engineer based in San Francisco with a decade of hands-on experience building scalable systems across consumer and search products. He’s currently at Twitch after a multi-year stint on Google’s Knowledge Graph team, where he slashed batch query latency from hours to minutes, cut resource costs, and bolstered end-to-end testing for RPC pipelines. Prior internships at YouTube and multiple Google teams reflect strong full‑stack and mobile experience, including iOS integrations and growth-focused UX work. Savion combines systems-level optimization with pragmatic product sensibilities—shipping features that improve both developer workflows and user experience. His background includes cross-institution study at Tufts and Columbia and an early international fellowship, signaling curiosity beyond code and an ability to adapt across teams and domains.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Tufts UniversityBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Columbia UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Menlo School
English, German
Github Skills (6)
alex9
floating5
liquid4
material-ui3
android3
material-design2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
savionsample/savionsample.github.io
Feb 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 2 years 1 month
savsa/step
May 2020 - Jun 2020
Contributions:24 commits, 16 PRs, 32 pushes in 25 days
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