Hi, I'mSam Maskanati

Full-Stack Engineer with 10+ years turning ideas into reality.

Fluent across the entire technology stack, from what users see to what makes it work.

10+

Years Experience

17+

Projects Delivered

9

Large-Scale Systems

Core Technologies
Career Journey

Professional Experience

10+ years building scalable products and distributed systems across SaaS, banking, fintech, healthcare, and e-commerce

  • Altamira
    Oct 2021 - Present

    Senior Full-Stack Engineer

    Altamira (Pennsylvania, USA)

    Altamira is a software development and consulting company that builds digital products for clients worldwide. Working here as a Senior Full-Stack Engineer has given me the opportunity to collaborate with international teams on diverse client projects, from healthcare and education to e-commerce and travel, delivering scalable, maintainable systems with a focus on reliability, auditability, and user experience. Some highlights:

    • Transformed U.S. federal–state Medicaid eligibility processing from ~45 days to under 24 hours by automating financial data collection of user and family records using APIs, intelligent validations, and AI-assisted filtering, replacing largely manual workflows.
    • Built a Claude Code development pipeline combining reusable project skills, automated hooks, focused subagent reviews, and context-aware re-review of changed code, reducing repetitive review work by ~30% and shortening implementation-to-PR turnaround by ~20%.
    • Developed event-driven AWS microservices with SNS/SQS, DynamoDB, and Amazon RDS, using DDD to model complex workflows and Event Sourcing to maintain an auditable history of state changes.
    • Accelerated project delivery by ~25% by designing scalable microservice architectures, standardizing reusable integration patterns, and building a shared UI library (Storybook, private npm).
    • Directly improved conversion rates by ~15% by engineering and A/B testing resilient, white-label B2B/C booking flows for Alpy's e-commerce partners.
    • Implemented EdPal, a digital learning platform that combined textbooks, assignments, grading, and communication, supporting both teachers and students with annotation tools (notes, recordings, drawings) for collaborative learning.

    In this role, key highlights of my work include designing cloud-based, microservices-oriented deployments with containerization and orchestration, establishing CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and monitoring, and developing AI-driven modules for content analysis. The systems were built using event-driven patterns and load-balancing strategies to ensure scalability and reliability. On the frontend side, I delivered offline support with data synchronization, customizable UI options through an admin panel for business partners, audio/video recording capabilities, and interactive drawing features, while prioritizing performance, smooth animations, and SEO improvements.

    Python (FastAPI & Django)
    PHP (Laravel & Symfony)
    Node.js
    React
    React Native
    Angular
    AWS
    PostgreSQL
    Redis
    Firebase
    Claude Code
  • ThisThat Ltd.
    May 2020 - Sep 2021

    Senior Full-Stack Engineer

    ThisThat Ltd. (London, England)

    Honored with two industry awards for excellence in influencer marketing technology 🏆

    As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer at ThisThat, an award-winning London SaaS startup, I built the multi-tenant platform architecture behind a cross-platform product that transformed social survey data into actionable insights for advertisers, helping secure investment from four unicorn founders:

    • Developed backend and front-end features for a B2B Analytics Platform, which won global Gold Awards for “Best Influencer Marketing Technology” and “Industry Choice of SaaS/Technology,” earning Best Tech recognition three consecutive years.
    • Managed Azure infrastructure for a multi-tenant SaaS platform serving 200+ agencies, using Bicep, Azure DevOps, Docker, and Kubernetes to automate provisioning and deployments.
    • Developed the Brand Lift feature across backend services and the UI, capturing feedback from 5,000+ social survey respondents and providing actionable insights that improved campaign effectiveness by 20%.
    • Reduced time-to-insight by ~40% by engineering a real-time sync system that unified the B2B dashboard and end-user PWA, enabling instant campaign decisions.
    • Built features across the platform's backend and front-end, including role-based access control (RBAC), secure tenant isolation, and multi-currency invoicing for 200+ global agencies.

    This role spanned the full stack: Node.js and NestJS backend services, Angular and Progressive Web App (PWA) front-ends, real-time data synchronization, and Azure cloud infrastructure, working closely with product and design teams to deliver a responsive, data-driven SaaS platform.

    Angular
    Node.js
    NestJS
    Azure
    Docker
    Kubernetes
    Firebase
    NgRx
    Material UI
    Chart.js
    PWA
  • Trip.ir
    Nov 2016 - Apr 2020

    Full-Stack Engineer

    Trip.ir (Tehran, Iran)

    While working for Trip.ir, an online booking platform, I served as a Full-Stack Engineer, helping design and build a new SaaS online travel agency platform for flight, hotel, and tour bookings. The platform enabled hotels and tour operators to manage their own CMS, update availability, and control pricing. For flights, it integrated with airline APIs and provided tools for creating and managing pricing rules within the application. The platform was built using a microfrontend architecture, enabling flight, hotel, and tour services to be developed and deployed independently while maintaining a unified user experience.

    • Developed queue-driven workers for confirmation, cancellation, and amendment flows, with state tracking, retries, and dead-letter handling. Kept slow supplier responses from blocking checkout and reduced manual reconciliation by about six hours a week.
    • Reduced booking failures from ~3.5% to under 1.5% through optimistic concurrency, idempotency keys, and pre-commit price and availability checks, preventing overbooking and duplicate reservations.
    • Improved hotel search from ~2s to under 1.3s at peak through resilient supplier integrations, parallel calls, caching, and SQL indexing. Reduced page load times by ~40% through client-side rendering and asset optimization.
    • Added automated tests for pricing, commission, and cancellation rules to CI, supported by deployment smoke tests, structured logging, and alerts for booking errors and supplier latency.

    On the front-end, the platform was developed using Vue.js, with lazy loading, code splitting, and asset optimization to enhance performance. I built reusable UI components, responsive layouts, and optimized client-side rendering to ensure a smooth booking experience. In addition, I worked on an administrative portal featuring promotion code management and role-based access control to support daily operations and platform management.

    Vue.js
    Angular
    ASP.NET
    SQL Server
    Redis
    Kafka
    GraphQL
    Material UI
  • Maskan Bank
    Oct 2013 - Oct 2016

    Full-Stack Engineer

    Maskan Bank (Tehran, Iran)

    At Maskan Bank, a major bank supporting 15+ million users across 1,100+ branches, I worked as a Full-Stack Engineer in the mobile banking department, building and scaling the SuperPay Banking App.

    • Developed mobile banking features for Android and iOS across the front-end and backend, connecting customer-facing workflows with API services and implementing authentication, authorization, and session controls.
    • Integrated mobile banking services with core banking and internal systems, combining synchronous APIs with asynchronous messaging to keep transfers and payments consistent when downstream services failed or timed out.
    • Helped improve production reliability through monitoring and alerting for API latency, errors, and integration health. Investigated critical incidents and optimized database queries and API bottlenecks, reducing average API response time by 35%.
    • Contributed to shortening the release cycle from six weeks to two weeks through automated builds, testing, and standardized deployments for the Android and iOS apps and backend services.
    • Participated in code reviews and shared implementation guidance with teammates to improve code quality and maintainability across the application.

    Java
    Oracle
    ASP.NET MVC
    Android SDK
    IOS (Swift)
  • Navaco Information Technology Co.
    Jan 2012 - Sep 2013

    Full-Stack Engineer

    Navaco Information Technology Co. (Tehran, Iran)

    During my time at Navaco Information Technology Co., I worked as a Full-Stack Engineer, focusing on nationwide transportation technology projects.

    • Helped reduce congestion and improve highway traffic flow by up to 35% during peak travel seasons by advancing the Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system for fast, secure, cashless payments nationwide.
    • Contributed to a 25% improvement in operational efficiency by building the back-end (ASP.NET) and the front-end (Angular) for a national vehicle inspection platform handling 6,000–10,000 daily inspections.

    ASP.NET MVC
    C#
    Angular
    Oracle
  • Technical Expertise

    Skills & Technologies

    A comprehensive toolkit built over years of hands-on development experience

    Frontend & Architecture
    Core Technologies
    React
    Next.js
    Angular
    TypeScript
    JavaScript (ES6+)
    HTML5
    CSS3
    Frontend Architecture
    Component-driven architecture
    Modular monorepos
    Micro-frontends
    Design Systems
    Storybook
    Tailwind CSS
    Material UI
    White-label theming
    Visual regression testing
    State Management
    Redux Toolkit
    Zustand
    Jotai
    Context API
    RxJS
    Backend & DevOps
    Backend Technologies
    Node.js (Express/Nest)
    MongoDB
    Redis
    PostgreSQL
    REST APIs
    GraphQL
    Architecture Patterns
    DDD
    Event-Driven Architecture
    CQRS
    TDD
    DevOps & Cloud
    Docker
    Kubernetes
    AWS/GCP (S3, CDN)
    GitLab/GitHub CI/CD
    Datadog
    Grafana
    Prometheus
    Mobile & Payments
    React Native
    iOS/Android deployment
    Native Bridging
    Visa/Apple Pay/PayPal
    3-D Secure
    A/B testing
    Testing & Quality
    Testing Tools
    Jest
    React Testing Library
    Playwright
    Cypress
    TDD
    CI/CD & Releases
    CI/CD pipelines
    Feature flags
    Canary releases
    Rollback strategies
    Accessibility & UX
    WCAG 2.1
    ARIA
    Keyboard navigation
    Screen-reader
    Resilient forms
    Error states
    Performance & Data
    Performance & PWA
    Service Workers
    Code-splitting
    Lazy loading
    Core Web Vitals
    Lighthouse optimization
    SSR/PRPL
    Offline-first
    Data & Real-Time
    RESTful APIs
    GraphQL
    WebSockets
    Streaming UIs
    Caching
    Prefetching
    API versioning
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