Sayam Samal
Software Engineer at Kandra Labs, Inc. (creators of Zulip)
Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
Summary
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Top SchoolSayam Samal is a software engineer with five years of experience building responsive, user-focused web applications and a particular strength in front-end development. Based in Bhubaneshwar, he has contributed significantly to the widely used open-source Zulip chat project—implementing UI fixes, responsive layouts, and a tooltip system with VIM and Mac-keyboard support—before joining Kandra Labs. A Linux enthusiast with a strong academic record in Computer Science, he blends meticulous UI polish with practical bug resolution and peer code review discipline. Sayam’s work shows an uncommon attention to small UX details (avatar responsiveness, textarea behavior) that materially improve team communication tools.
5 years of coding experience
CBSE, High School, CBSE, High School at D.A.V. Public School, ChandrasekharpurBachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science and Systems Engineering, 9.09, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science and Systems Engineering, 9.09 at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar
Github Skills (11)
css10
uid10
responsive-design10
javascript10
user-interface10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
ui-components10
html9
react7
electron4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
zulip/zulip
Feb 2022 - Nov 2022
Zulip server and web application. Open-source team chat that helps teams stay productive and focused.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:346 reviews, 26 commits, 138 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Sayam primarily focused on front-end development tasks within the Zulip repository, contributing to the user interface and user experience. Their work included fixing the responsiveness of profile avatars by moving them when the viewport is narrowed down, as well as fixing overflow issues and text alignment issues in the settings. Furthermore, they improved UI consistency by reordering and interchanging the positions of specific elements in user profile modals and settings. The user also improved the CSS and layout of the application by adding responsiveness to textarea fields.
pythonweb-applicationcollaborationzulipjavascript
sayamsamal/zulip
Feb 2022 - Apr 2025
Zulip server and web app—powerful open source team chat
Contributions:352 pushes, 130 branches in 3 years 2 months
reactsocket-iozulipchatwebsocket
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