Staff Software Engineer

Igor Samulenko

Engineering Excellence at Scale

15+ years building scalable frontend systems at Intuit, Amazon, Google. Passionate about technical leadership and delivering high-impact solutions.

Bay Area, CA igor.samulenko@gmail.com
Igor Samulenko

Professional Summary

Staff-level engineer and active team lead with 15+ years building high-performance frontend platforms at Intuit, Amazon, and Google. Currently leading Intuit's Data Discovery & Exploration (DDE) initiative — an AI-powered internal platform transforming how thousands of data workers discover and explore enterprise data. Delivered intuitive React/TypeScript UIs including Data Map Search 2.0 with semantic enhancements (12x faster search, 10%+ precision gains) and Query Insights for context-rich results, while maintaining 99.9% uptime under demanding traffic. Excel at translating product needs into executable plans, mentoring teams, guiding high-velocity delivery, and collaborating cross-functionally to accelerate data analyst workflows and deliver broad enterprise impact.

Skills & Expertise

Frontend

ReactTypeScriptPerformance OptimizationJavaScript ES6+Styled ComponentsReduxReact NativeHTML5 / CSS3

APIs & Integrations

GraphQLAWSDatabricksNode.jsREST APIsGoogle Vertex AISQLKafka

Tools & Testing

GitJestCypressStorybookFigmaChrome DevToolsVS CodeCursor AIClaude CodeJIRA

Leadership & Practices

Team MentoringTechnical SpecificationsOperational ExcellenceCI/CDCross-functional CollaborationAgile / ScrumSOLID PrinciplesLarge-Scale Frontend Systems

Experience

Staff Software Engineer

IntuitMountain View, CAOct 2019 – Present
  • Led 6-person team architecting DDE platform interfaces; launched Data Map Search 2.0, boosting search performance 12x and precision 10% for 5k+ data workers.
  • Designed component-based frontend architecture for DDE's Query Insights, reducing data analysis time by 20% for cross-functional teams.
  • Optimized frontend performance through profiling and benchmarking, achieving 99.9% uptime for data platform processing 1M+ daily requests.
  • Collaborated with UX designers (via Figma) and backend engineers to define clean APIs and module boundaries, ensuring maintainable and testable code with 85% test coverage.
  • Mentored 3 engineers on best practices for frontend development and CI/CD, enabling 2 daily releases to support operational excellence.

Software Development Engineer II

Amazon Lab126Sunnyvale, CASep 2018 – Oct 2019
  • Owned end-to-end development of "Your Locations" feature for Alexa mobile app using React Native/TypeScript/Redux, delivering responsive cross-platform experiences for 10M+ users.
  • Collaborated with product managers to clarify requirements and translate UX into component-based designs; optimized UI performance (15% faster setup) via profiling and testing (Jest/React Testing Library).

Software Engineer (Contract)

GoogleMountain View, CADec 2017 – Sep 2018

Developed liability projection module for supply chain using JavaScript/ES6/AngularJS, improving data accuracy 10% for 100+ users through maintainable Material Design components.

Lead Software Engineer (Contract)

BMC SoftwareSanta Clara, CAMay 2015 – Nov 2017

Led frontend architecture for enterprise PaaS, delivering metadata-driven cross-platform interfaces for 50+ clients using AngularJS/Sass.

Earlier Roles

GlobalLogic, Luxoft, NIX SolutionsUkraine2008 – 2015

Led teams building scalable web apps, IT service management tools, and financial dashboards (AngularJS, Java/J2EE, REST), reducing incident resolution up to 50% and serving 1k+ enterprise users.

Education

M.S. & B.S. in Computer Science

National University of Radio Electronics (NURE)

Kharkiv, Ukraine

2007 – 2008

Interests

Audiobooks Investment Management Sci-Fi World Travel Snowboarding Hiking Guitar Meditation Self-Development Building Businesses