# Sami Sawalha > Full Stack Developer | Consultant Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/samisawalha ## Work Experience ### Full Stack Engineer @ NewtonX Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 • Built a revamped onboarding portal using Django REST Framework (Python) and React (TypeScript), leveraging Vite • Migrated authentication from Auth0 to Firebase, improving security, maintainability, and performance • Deployed GCP Cloud Functions, and scoped Firebase pre-login and pre-registration hooks to integrate with a third-party user verification service, and enforce authentication policies • Leveraged feature flags to roll out new features progressively, enabling A/B testing and minimizing deployment risk by controlling feature visibility in real-time. • Developed tenant scoping for user roles and permissions, ensuring proper access control and data isolation across different user groups. • Implemented Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) via SMS and email verification to enhance account security • Integrated Mixpanel to track user activity for monitoring engagement and identifying bugs, providing data-driven insights for product improvements. • Adjusted Terraform configurations to automate cloud infrastructure provisioning and ensure scalable, repeatable deployments across GCP. • Utilized Datadog, Zendesk, and slack for application monitoring and on-call alerts ### Operations Enablement Engineer @ NewtonX Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 • Key member of the newly formed Operations Enablement team, serving as a Software Engineer to improve operational efficiency • Planned the introduction and architecture of QuickBase, collaborating with leadership and stakeholders to centralize and streamline company workflows, including management, reporting and operational considerations. • Worked closely with CTO to develop scalable integrations between Quickbase, survey platforms, payment systems, and slack, optimizing usage to minimize costs • Built dashboards which enabled live tracking of KPIs including staffing, profitability, and customer satisfaction • Automated Slack notifications to improve project tracking and communication ### Senior Survey Design Engineer @ NewtonX Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 • Enhanced scalability and efficiency by refining cross-team SOPs in collaboration with company leadership, improving project management workflows, internal & external communication, admin processes, and QA • Developed and deployed automation solutions using GCP Cloud Functions and Google Sheets Apps Scripts, empowering Operations and project management • Automated survey coding and QA tasks for complex projects with Python scripts, significantly reducing manual workload and errors, and improving turn around times • Led training & documentation initiatives by developing and maintaining internal libraries, and creating onboarding & best practice guides • Helped grow team from 1 to 12 survey coders, transitioning into more managerial and cross-functional responsibilities ### Survey Design Engineer @ NewtonX Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York, United States • Founding team's Tech Lead • Led the design and development of complex surveys • Developed custom solutions for clients including data transfer protocols, dashboarding, and analytics • Introduced company SOPs for survey projects from a development and operational standpoint • Coordinated and introduced Forsta Decipher adoption • Created and managed company's survey coding library ### Full-Stack Developer @ SPRYTE Labs Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | New York City • Helped build the backend framework for a video conferencing website’s MVP using Flask, Python, and OpenTok. • Utilized Flutter to develop mobile-app-screens that pulled from and pushed to a FireBase NoSQL database. ### Temporary Associate @ The Innovative Startups & SMEs Fund (ISSF) Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Amman, Jordan • Met with World Bank executives as part of ISSF’s founding team to establish fund objectives and KPIs. • Met with entrepreneurs and major ecosystem players as part of investment selection process. • Assisted with due diligence and created investment decks for prospective investments in start-ups and SMEs in Jordan. • Mapped the investment climate of Jordan including funds, angel investors, deal flow creation, VC firms, and PE firms. ### Associate Consultant @ The Weitzman Group, Inc. Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | New York City • Wrote marketability studies, highest and best use analysis recommendations, and assisted with appraisals for commercial, residential, hotel, and mixed-use developments. • Prevented the bankruptcy of a shopping center in Florida by adjusting their commercial leasing strategy through reviewing their commercial tenancy contracts and zoning laws. • Wrote a marketability study for a planned five million square foot mixed-use waterfront development in New York City that includes residential, office, retail, and hotel components. • Analyzed cashflows and conducted property inspections while appraising a residential real estate portfolio that contained over 50 multi-family properties for a major financial institution. ### Intern @ The Weitzman Group, Inc. Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 ### Co-Founder @ Vendit Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Amman Governorate, Jordan • Identified opportunity for the first vending machine business in Jordan • Created financial models, conducted feasibility studies, and selected equipment/machinery • Pinpointed prime areas within Amman for machines and established contractual terms with the landlords ### Intern - Transaction Advisory Services, Real Estate @ EY Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates • Conducted valuation reviews for hospitality, residential, and commercial assets • Prepared proposals and market research for client meetings and projects • Wrote Hotel Benchmark and Survey reports for the MENA region • Organized and compiled client folders and supporting data sheets ### Rotating Intern @ gig | Arab Orient Insurance Company شركة الشرق العربي للتأمين Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Amman Governorate, Jordan • Supported team in underwriting more than $250 million of insurance policies for development projects and existing assets • Created and managed medical insurance policies for clients • Reviewed accounts receivables and payables for quarterly portfolio updates ### Operations Intern, Front of House @ Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Amman Governorate, Jordan • Managed daily guest arrivals and departures at the front desk, including comfort letters and miscellaneous guest requests • Improved the efficiency and organization of internal invoices, guest billing, and other clerical related issues • Forecasted and calculated daily, weekly, and monthly rate packages to beat internal projects and budgets ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Hotel Administration Cornell University Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 ### eCornell - Financial Management Cornell University Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 ### Full Stack Development Byte Academy Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 ### High School Diploma King's Academy Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sami-sawalha - GitHub: https://github.com/Ssawalha --- Source: https://flows.cv/samisawalha JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/samisawalha/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23