Samuel Gibson is a skilled Software Engineer II currently working at Atlassian, focusing on backend development within the message orchestration team to enhance in-product notification delivery. Previous roles at Atlassian include rebuilding internal APIs for improved performance and designing a new search API, alongside contributions as a Growth Engineer. Before Atlassian, Samuel served as the lead front-end engineer at Lavender, rewriting the Enterprise Dashboard using React and Redux, and also gained experience as a software engineer intern. Additionally, Samuel contributed as a student researcher at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and provided IT support, maintaining various computer labs. Samuel holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and an Associate of Science degree from Cabrillo College.