Summary
Sayam Kanwar is a full-stack software engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building backend systems, web apps, and data-driven features across startups and large tech teams. Now at Zip working on global payments, he has previously shipped customer portals, geo-processing tools, and experiment platforms at companies like CoverTree and Tinder, often bridging frontend React/TypeScript work with backend APIs in Python, Node.js, Scala and AWS services. As a Purdue CS graduate and former teaching assistant, he pairs practical engineering with the ability to explain core CS concepts to others, and has driven data visualization and database-backed dashboards handling 20,000+ records. He’s drawn to solving everyday problems with modern techniques including machine learning, and has a track record of reducing manual workflows (e.g., a 25% cut in data retrieval time) while improving developer productivity and user experience.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Science (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science), Science (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science) at Delhi Public School Rohini
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Purdue University