Sam Kaplan
Director Software Engineering at Salesforce
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Kaplan is a results-driven software engineering leader with a decade of experience building and scaling teams and systems across Expedia Group and Salesforce in the Greater Seattle area. Rising from individual contributor roles to Director of Software Engineering at Salesforce, he blends hands-on technical depth with proven leadership in cloud-scale consumer and enterprise platforms. Sam is experienced in driving cross-functional delivery, mentoring managers, and translating product vision into reliable, production-grade services. His background includes applied research and data science internships, signaling a pragmatic appreciation for data-driven decision making and experimentation. Pragmatic, growth-oriented, and comfortable operating at both code and org levels, he excels at turning complex engineering challenges into repeatable processes and measurable outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's of Science Computer Science, Bachelor's of Science Computer Science at Western Washington University
Github Skills (48)
nvidia-docker9
kaggle8
r8
hdmi7
brightness7
git7
scaling7
data-mining7
machine-learning7
gpu7
docker-container7
lightgbm7
classification7
python7
docker7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
spkaplan/chess
Mar 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:72 commits, 36 PRs, 40 pushes in 1 month
spkaplan/recipes
Jun 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:1 PR, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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