# Sam Peterson > Senior Full Stack Engineer & Software Architect | 8+ Years Building Robust, Scalable Systems Location: Greater Seattle Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/sampeterson Senior Full Stack Engineer and Software Architect with 8+ years of experience specializing in building robust, scalable, and maintainable full-stack systems. A former Lead Software Architect with a proven ability to translate complex business problems into reliable, on-time solutions. An expert in designing the systems that ensure performance, scalability, and long-term stability—bridging the gap between high-level architecture and hands-on, production-ready code. Core Competencies: - Full Stack Development: Specializing in the TypeScript ecosystem (e.g., React, Node.js) - Cloud-Native Architecture: Designing and deploying on AWS & GCP - System Design: Building robust, scalable, and secure applications - Project Delivery: Consistently meeting timelines with high-quality, solid deliverables Currently seeking a senior-level full-stack role at an established company to contribute to challenging, large-scale projects. Outside of technology, often found out the PNW wilderness ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer, Lead Software Architect @ LevelTen Energy Jan 2024 – Present | Seattle, WA * Spearheaded 14-month platform re-architecture from monolith to microservices using domain-driven design, defining service boundaries and event patterns that enabled rapid product launches with minimal engineering resources * Led the technical vision for an org-wide re-platforming effort by prototyping, validating, and championing the adoption of new distributed systems architecture; established engineering standards and practices that were adopted across 5 engineering teams, improving code quality, delivery speed, and system scalability * Gathered platform expansion and feature consensus by leading Event Storming workshops (Domain-Driven Design) with 10+ cross-functional stakeholders (Engineering, Product, Sales, Support), establishing a shared system understanding and technical-business alignment before development began * Architected and delivered a new JWT-based authorization system, migrating siloed user data into Okta. This high-impact solution enabled the creation of new services and product lines offered through distributed authorization ### Senior Software Engineer @ LevelTen Energy Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Seattle, WA *Led the technical roadmap and hands-on implementation for a team of five, designing an Express REST API and delivering a new energy pricing application in 4 months to drive daily active users and recurring subscription revenue *Transformed the deployment process by creating automated Bitbucket pipelines leveraging Pulumi Infrastructure as Code, reducing deployment time by 66% and enabling continuous, mid-day releases that eliminated manual steps *Drove cross-functional alignment with product teams to scope and implement an external API, creating a new subscription product to integrate with our data ### Software Engineering Manager @ Pariveda Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 Design and deliver regular backend feature releases of a GraphQl API through 2-week sprints for distributed front end team’s concurrent development on health care patient portal website redesign Develop application architecture and provide in-depth technical direction for GraphQl and AWS resources to teach and unblock team on software development Lead 4-person engineering team by distributing work, conducting regular progress check-ins, and enabling individual career development ### Senior Software Engineer @ Pariveda Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Seattle, Washington, United States Lead front end developer for user centered designed React web application to coordinate emergency traffic response between four Seattle agencies Created mockups in Figma to quickly iterate designs with client team and direct user feedback to build the application UX Built reusable React components to implement emergency traffic data sharing web application Scaled Redux state management system to handle concurrent user updates, map annotations, web socket connections, and admin portal to backend REST API Built custom Mapbox map and user interactions to display traffic data from 5 different sources to visually show congested areas and potential large scale traffic incidents Mentored junior developers by writing and prioritizing front end stories for them to implement while coaching their technical execution Full stack development on DynamoDB backed REST API on underlying event-based ingestion system ### Software Engineer @ Pariveda Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Seattle, Washington Built analytics data pipeline from an event driven architecture to curate a Qlik database for ad-hoc analysis on nationwide cell tower construction for a top telecommunications company Created scripts to run UI based actions in bulk off an existing REST API and later expanding to a full Bulk UI tool to let all users perform bulk operations, reducing user effort from six hours per task to forty five minutes Prepared, planned, and ran data migration from legacy system to new event driven database architecture ### Associate Application Analyst @ Securian Financial Group Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | St. Paul ### Application Developer @ Securian Financial Group Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Saint Paul, Minnesota Full stack development and support on two Java web apps to handle billing and contract administration data Development and support on a Powerbuilder desktop app to handle various life insurance processes ### Physics Research - Solar Cell Modeling using COMSOL @ Hamline University Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area Create COMSOL Multiphysics code to accurately detail electron diffusion through the dye-sensitized solar cells Analyze model in comparison to physical data to understand the intrinsic physics at hand and improve solar cells overall Accepted and funded to present at a national conference in Asheville, North Carolina, in April 2016 ### Lab Technician @ Pace Analytical Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area Prepare water and soil samples to run on mass spectrometry and gas chromatography instruments Prepare control samples to tune instruments to check for 160 different compounds Communicate effectively with analysts to ensure smooth lab operations and tests are completed on time ### Summer Research with Hamline University @ Hamline University Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 Researched the physical phenomenon known as the helicoseir and modeled its motion Worked in a group of five students to produce computer code in the program Mathematica to match a physical model to aid in further research Awarded Best Student Speaker for detailing my summer research at the Minnesota section of the American Association of Physics Teachers conference in February 2014 ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Physics and Computer Science Hamline University Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Physics Hamline University Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 ### High School Diploma St. Peter High School Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sampterson - Website: https://www.samuel-peterson.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/sampeterson JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/sampeterson/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22