Javier Li Sam

Javier Li Sam is a seasoned software engineer with extensive experience in platform engineering and software development. Currently serving as a Senior Platform Engineer at GitHub since August 2017, Javier specializes in technologies such as Kafka, distributed job queues, stream processing, Java, Redis, and Kubernetes. Previous roles include Software Engineer at Aura, where skills in React, Java, Kafka, and various Spring frameworks were honed, and Software Engineer positions at The Climate Corporation and IBM, focusing on business analytics tools. Javier’s early career includes internships that leveraged MATLAB and Python for research and web architecture development. Educationally, Javier holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information and Computer Science with a concentration in Artificial Intelligence and Human-Computer Interaction from the University of California, Irvine.