Samantha Burak

Samantha Burak

Samantha Burak

Software Engineer @ Figma

Graduated from Columbia Engineering with a degree in Computer Science, focusing on applications of CS, product engineering, and increasing gender equity in the field. Currently building AI features at Figma.

Experience

FigmaSoftware Engineer

2024 — Now

2024 — Now

New York, New York, United States

Building productive AI features for Figma

Columbia University Department of Computer ScienceTeaching Assistant

2023 — 2024

2023 — 2024

New York, New York, United States

Held office hours and graded assignments for the following courses: Clean Object-Oriented Design and Intro to Computing for Engineers and Applied Scientists

Columbia Women in Computer ScienceCo-President

2023 — 2024

2023 — 2024

New York, New York, United States

Oversaw the management of entire WiCS organization (over 500 students)

Helped to manage corporate partnerships and ran weekly Board meetings

Columbia Women in Computer ScienceBoard Member

2021 — 2023

2021 — 2023

New York, New York, United States

Organized events for the computer science community at Columbia and hosted 1:1 coffee chats with underclassmen

FigmaSoftware Engineer Intern

2023 — 2023

2023 — 2023

New York, New York, United States

Implemented lazy-loading and server-side search for templates in the new templates sidebar in FigJam using TypeScript and Ruby

Developed feature to create automatic thumbnails for FigJam templates using C++

Education

Columbia University

Bachelor's degree

Columbia Engineering

Bachelor's degree

The Pingry School

High School Diploma