About

Samantha Sifantus is a Los Angeles-based software engineer. She started coding in grad school while pursuing a degree in philosophy and left academia for a career in tech. Samantha initially specialized in graphic and UX design before transitioning to focus exclusively on software engineering. She has worked in engineering leadership and IC roles for 10+ years, developing websites and applications for a wide variety of industries and companies, ranging from early-stage startups to large corporations.

Samantha Sifantus

Samantha was the director and creative lead of the digital media agency Diasa Design for six years prior to joining The Uprising Creative agency in 2012. She led engineering at Zoe Media Group from 2015 to 2017 and worked as an in-house agency engineer at The Walt Disney Company from 2018 to 2020. She has worked on SaaS products since 2020; at Beyond Limits AI, an AI-powered industrial application, at Groundswell Giving, a philanthropy focused startup, and at Spotter, building AI-based software for creators.

She is passionate about leveraging technology as a tool for aiding human flourishing and efficiently building products that improve people’s lives.

Roles
  • Front-end Development
  • Full-stack Development
  • Technical Lead
  • Technical Project Management
  • Information Architecture
  • UX Design

Awards

Samantha was the lead engineer on these projects that received formal recognition

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Testimonials

She is a great leader and problem solver and possesses comprehensive and in-depth technical knowledge in frontend and full-stack web development. It was a great honor to work with Sam in the same team.

Albert Hsu

Software Engineer at Google

It was a real pleasure working with Sam... She is a triple threat: coder, designer, and project manager.

Jesse Kanner

Programmer

Samantha is a true professional in every sense. Her work ethic is unparalleled and I am truly grateful I found her.

Chris Hajian

Composer

'Integrity' is the word I would choose to describe Samantha both as a person and her approach to development.

Mark Danson

Psychologist

Sam is a phenomenal partner to product, a thoughtful and conscientious colleague and an empathetic listener. In addition to being a dedicated to her work and always honoring her commitments, she has a eye for design and pushes the team to make the product better.

Lauren Tyler-Brown

Product Manager