Sam Gomena
Software Engineer
Portland, Oregon 🌲
Who
Hey! I'm Sam and I am a software engineer dedicated to leveraging technology for positive human impact. My focus is on creating efficient, robust, and elegantly designed software. I'm keen to collaborate on projects that align with these principles and with others who share the same commitment.
Experience
Rebellion Defense
Software Engineer
Automated adversary emulation at scale to detect global cyber threats
React
TypeScript
Python
gRPC
envoy
Docker
K8s
AWS
2023 - 2024
Tripwire
Software Engineer
Built security and compliance solutions to protect the digital world.
React
TypeScript
Java
Python
Go
Kafka
K8s
Docker
Kotlin
AWS
GraphQL
Jenkins
2018 - 2023
Portland State University
Research Engineer
Developed a distributed edge computing platform for machine learning in the Undergraduate Research and Mentorship Program.
Python
JavaScript
node.js
Docker
MongoDB
TensorFlow
Spark
Hadoop
2017 - 2020
Tektronix
Software Engineering Intern
Developed and maintained a behavioral testing framework and associated infrastructure responsible for ensuring the quality of next generation oscilloscope software and hardware platforms.
Python
Jenkins
Cucumber
C++
JavaScript
SQL
Chef
2016 - 2018
Technologies
A non-exhaustive list of technologies I've worked with
- JavaScript
- Bootstrap
- Python
- React
- GraphQL
- Flask
- Docker
- Next.js
- Tailwind
- TypeScript
- Jenkins
- gRPC
- Django
- Java
- Terraform
- Postgres
- Kotlin
- Rust
- Go
- Django
- Node.js
- SQL
- Helm
- Kubernetes
- MongoDB
- AWS
- GCP
- Kafka
Education
Portland State UniversityB.S. Computer Science2021
Participated in the Undergraduate Research and Mentorship Program collaborating with a team of graduate students conducting research on distributed machine learning systems.
Worked under multiple professors doing independent study on projects ranging from designing and developing business intelligence tools for a local transit company to an end-to-end encrypted messaging system leveraging self-sovereign identity.