# Sam Kvale

> Software Engineer

Location: Greater Madison Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/samkvale

Experienced and innovative IT professional successful in Principal Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer and Software Developer roles. Has developed and maintained accessible core frontend components, infrastructure, and translation tooling. Has also created front-end integration tests with mocked APIs. Proven expertise in designing and building next generation UI solutions.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Digits
Jan 2024 – Present | Madison, Wisconsin, United States

### Principal Software Engineer @ SAP Concur
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Remote
As a software developer at SAP I've grown from junior level to a principal engineer with influence and mentorship spanning multiple teams.  My work contributed to the success of the Expense app as it was written in React, TypeScript, and GraphQL.  My experience and knowledge of web technologies allowed us to release well tested features quickly to thousands of customers. 

Additionally I was instrumental in creating shared components and libraries that were used by many teams.

### Senior Software Engineer @ SAP Concur
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Remote
TypeScript, React, GraphQL

### Senior Software Engineer @ Zendesk
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Full-stack React, TypeScript, Redux

### Senior Software Engineer @ SAP Concur
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Remote
- Build and maintain internal core UI libraries
- Mentor and interview junior developers and interns
- Build a GraphQL service for the Expense app
- Develop features and refactor a large React codebase
- Promote TypeScript, write type packages, configure repositories, auto-generate types from GraphQL schemas
- Own an internal React form library

### Software Developer @ Widen Enterprises
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | Madison, Wisconsin Area
- Full stack development with creative workflows and digital asset management using Java and React
- Build and maintain a core component library and tooling
- Using MySQL, AWS,  Kubernetes, and push button deployments with Buildkite CI

### Software Developer @ Analysts International Corporation (AIC)
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
- Build features and fix issues for state criminal justice information systems using .NET
- Optimize and create stored procedures and integrations in SQL Server to digest and transition state data into a federal format

### Software Development Engineer Internship @ Amazon
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Seattle WA
- Design and develop an automated phone vetting feature to confirm a merchant's association to their Amazon Local deal

### Software Developer Intern @ EXB Solutions, Inc
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Bemidji Minnesota
•	Create an internal form for status reports on testing
•	Maintain automation scripts in Batch
•	Training in avionics testing standards


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mathematics and Computer Science
Bemidji State University
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/skvale
- GitHub: https://github.com/skvale

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Last updated: 2026-03-29