# Saman Porhemmat

> Software Engineer at Salesforce

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/samanporhemmat

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Salesforce
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Software Engineer @ Leia Inc.
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Menlo Park, California, United States
• Collaborated actively to build LeiaPix Converter from scratch, a 2D-to-3D image converter web application that reached over 2 million users. My role involved implementing back-end APIs, integrating with internal microservices, and developing the front end when needed.

• Worked on the LeiaDream application, using custom deep learning models and Stable Diffusion to generate digital art based on user-specified settings and text input via REST APIs. I developed server-side APIs and prototyped a comprehensive machine learning pipeline using AWS.

### Software Engineer @ Leia Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Menlo Park, California, United States
• I assisted with the LeiaLink project, a cross-platform and cloud-based photo sharing application, which enables users to share images from their iOS and Android devices to their LumePad tablets.

• I was a major contributor to the LeiaChat project, a 3D video calling mobile application designed for Android devices with support for iOS. I implemented server-side APIs for our client team and helped with infrastructure setup.

### Teaching Assistant @ UC Irvine
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Orange County, California Area
• Course name: Principles in System Design (ICS 53)
Description: The course is about essential concepts of operating systems, memory management, error handling, multi-threading, and socket programming in the C programming language.

• Course name: Programming Languages (CS 141)
Description: In-depth study of several programming languages and examination of different programming paradigms, such as logic programming, functional programming, and object-oriented programming.

• Course name: Introductory Computer Organization (ICS 51)
Description: Multilevel view of system hardware and software. Operation and interconnection of hardware elements. Instruction sets and addressing modes. Virtual memory and operating systems. Laboratory work using low-level programming languages.

### Graduate Research Assistant @ UC Irvine
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Irvine, California, United States
Accomplished various research projects using deep learning and machine learning techniques. Implemented and designed deep neural network models to solve bioinformatics and physics problems alongside big data analysis and visualization.

### Teaching Assistant @ San Francisco State University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Course name: Advanced Software Lab (CSC 412)
• Description: Exercises in advanced programming, software development tools, and web technologies. By the end of the course, students will have learnt: Unix skills, debugging methodologies, web technologies, programming languages (including Javascript, PHP, and Python), and databases.

### Research Assistant @ San Francisco State University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Machine learning research assistant at the Biomedical Image & Data Analysis Lab (BIDAL). Developed various reusable machine learning pipelines, created cross validation sets, and performed EMG signal classification to recognize hand gestures.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
UC Irvine

### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science
San Francisco State University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/samanporhemmat
- Portfolio: https://www.saman.fyi

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Last updated: 2026-03-29