Sameer S. has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. Sameer started their career as a Research Assistant at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2001, where they worked until 2006. During this time, they also served as a Visiting Lecturer and Teaching Assistant for several computer science courses.
In 2002, Sameer worked as a Summer Intern at Mentor Graphics, where they improved an FPGA design tool and mentored software engineers on C++ best practices.
From 2007 to 2008, Sameer worked as a Software Engineer at Pattern Insight, where they focused on scalable code analysis and intern hiring. Sameer returned to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2007 as a Teaching Assistant and Lecturer for computer science courses.
In 2009, Sameer joined Pattern Insight again as a Software Engineer, where they continued to work on scalable code search and intern hiring. Sameer then moved on to djangy.com in 2010, where they co-founded the company and served as a Co-Founder.
In 2011, Sameer worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Rdio before joining Everpix in 2012 as a Lead Cloud Engineer. At Everpix, they were responsible for designing and implementing API backend, visual content analysis/search, and cloud infrastructure. Everpix was acquired by Twitter during their tenure.
From 2014 to 2023, Sameer worked at Twitter in various roles. Sameer started as a Senior Staff Software Engineer and later became a Director-level Technical Lead and Technical Product Manager for developer experience and tooling teams. Sameer led collaborations across the entire Twitter engineering organization, defining multi-year roadmaps and overseeing the design, building, operation, and analysis of high-impact software development tools and infrastructure.
Sameer's most recent role is as a Principal Software Engineer at Kairos Aerospace, where they started in 2023.
Sameer S. earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from 1998 to 2001. Following this, they pursued further education and obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Computer Science from the same university, completing their studies from 2001 to 2009.
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