# Sam Hamburger

> Founding Software Engineer @ Real

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/samhamburger

Full-stack software engineer building features for Real Sports, a social sports app with over 2 million users.

Focus areas:
- React Native (iOS & Android)
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL & Redis
- AI-powered search & recommendations
- Live telemetry systems
- Database optimization & performance at scale
- Sports data processing & analytics
- AWS

Previously built eCommerce and POS payment solutions at Clover Network.

## Work Experience
### Founding Software Engineer @ Real - Sports
Jan 2023 – Present

### Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer @ Clover
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States

### Engineering Manager @ Penn Interactive
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
• Driving feature development on the Barstool Sportsbook from product discovery through production release
• Managing a team of 8 software engineers and 3 QA engineers

### Senior Frontend Engineer @ Penn Interactive
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022
• Developing and architecting the Barstool Sportsbook web applcation and UI component library using Vue + Typescript, Vuex, S3, and Cloudfront + Lambda functions
• Developed the syndicate detection admin application in order to train AI models using React, Material UI DataGrid, and constructed an automated CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions
• Advocated for and developing a production Kotlin multiplatform library to ensure single sourced and identical business logic across our iOS, Android and Web applications
• Leading a team of four engineers (subset of our cross-functional engineering team) to ensure efficient progress and parity between iOS, Android, and Web engineers

### Co-Founder @ Coaster Technologies
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
• Co-founded a mobile app product for cashless transactions and event management for bars
• Designed and developed iOS & Android application using React Native, GraphQL and AWS Amplify
• Designed and developed landing website for business using React, Gatsby, and Emotion.js styled components at https://coastertech.com

### Lead Fullstack Developer @ BNY Mellon
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area
• Developing the Markets end-to-end FX Hedging and Analytics platform using React, GraphQL (Apollo Client), and Java (Spring Boot)
• Building ad-hoc web applications using React, Node.JS, and Plotly Dash to allow for business users to visualize and manage analytics data
• Developing work stream roadmaps, project plans, and driving agile progress using JIRA
• Developing and tracking KPIs to improve efficiencies and report on work stream progress

### Fullstack Software Engineer - Technology Leadership Program @ BNY Mellon
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | New York, New York
• Developing the Markets end-to-end FX Hedging and Analytics platform using React, GraphQL (Apollo Client), and Java (Spring Boot)
• Building ad-hoc web applications using React, Node.JS, and Plotly Dash to allow for business users to visualize and manage analytics data
• Developing work stream roadmaps, project plans, and driving agile progress using JIRA
• Developing and tracking KPIs to improve efficiencies and report on work stream progress

### Teaching Assistant @ Cornell University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Ithaca, New York
• Fall 2016/2017 - Taught weekly classes for INFO 1300 (Web Design) and graded assignments
• Spring 2017 - Taught weekly classes for INFO 2300 (Intermediate Web Development) and graded assignments
• Spring 2018 - Taught via office hours and graded for INFO 3300 (Data-Driven Web Applications)

### Software Development Intern @ BNY Mellon
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | New York, New York
• Developed an Angular 4 calendar and scheduling application for the Developer Efficiency Group
• Collaborated with several groups across all lines of business to acquire necessary data sources for the application
• Prepared weekly demos for the Developer Efficiency Group during sprint planning meetings

### Software Development and Data Analysis Intern @ Point 5 Solutions
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Seattle, WA
• Developed a backpage.com web scraping app using NodeJS and Express to pull contact information of potential clients
• Integrated user experience and deployed the web app using Heroku

### Website Design/Upgrade & SEO Improvement @ IES Technical Sales Corp.
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016


## Education
### Information Science
Cornell University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018

### Masconomet Regional High School
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/samhamburger

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Last updated: 2026-04-01