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Sampada Samaka

Sampadasamaka.com,Santa Clara,

Summary

As a UX Designer, a unique perspective is brought with expertise in full stack development and AWS cloud services. Frontend development skills and knowledge of backend feasibility enable the creation of user-centered designs that not only look great but are also highly functional and scalable.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

UX Designer

Clay Clubhouse
05.2023 - Current
  • Led Clay Clubhouse website redesign to enhance navigation and booking processes, informed by user interviews and market analysis.
  • Developed high-fidelity prototype to visualize proposed changes and implemented improvements based on usability testing, resulting in a more intuitive website.
  • Increased booking ease, enhancing accessibility and boosting conversion rates.

UX Designer

ClassHook
05.2023 - 05.2023
  • Designed a High-Fidelity prototype for ClassHook that allowed educators to easily onboard and search for relevant content quickly.
  • Conducted competitive and comparative analysis and user interviews to research needs and pain points of educators.
  • Synthesized data using affinity map to create personas and journey map to prioritize features.
  • Conducted 2 rounds of testing mid-fi wireframe usability tests and Hi-Fi prototype usability tests.

Software Engineer

WorkStride
11.2021 - 11.2022
  • Built serverless applications using Python, AWS Lambda, API GW and EventBridge to handle scheduled jobs
  • Developed automated reporting framework using AWS Lambda, Python, SQS, SQL Server
  • Implemented new application features in Monolith using Java, Spring Boot
  • Collaborated with developers across the organization to integrate new client features.

Cloud Support Associate

Amazon Web Services Inc.
07.2020 - 11.2021
  • Built various AWS Services like Lambda, API gateway, Connect, SNS, IoT and advised clients on migrating infrastructure to AWS.
  • Developed AWS Lambda application to automate messaging for on call using Slack hooks and Python, in return decreased manual work by 100%
  • Designed and created Website for DFW region using React, Html, CSS to document knowledge , improved knowledge transfer by 65% Collaborated with teams across organization and 50+ clients demonstrating Customer Obsession and Ownership to deliver results

Graduate Research Assistant

University Of Texas At Arlington
06.2019 - 05.2020
  • Managed 20+ technologies: conducted prior art research, prepared assessments, and marketing summaries.
  • Evaluated market potential using Google Analytics and Hunter, while collaborating with 15+ inventors to build dynamic web pages with HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap on a CMS.

Web Developer

University Of Texas At Arlington
05.2019 - 08.2019
  • Redesigned www.uta.edu using HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Sitecore CMS, and MySQL database, achieving fast and responsive web pages with UX design and SEO optimization.
  • Collaborated with 10+ departments to gather requirements, select UI components, and successfully migrated over 300+ pages following Agile principles.

Education

General Assembly
San Francisco, CA
05.2023

Master of Science - Computer Science

The University of Texas At Arlington
Arlington, TX
05.2020

Skills

  • Design Skills - Information Architecture, Design Systems, Journey Mapping, Personas, Prototyping.
  • Design tools - Figjam, Figma, Balsamiq, llustrator, Photoshop, Maintaining JIRA Board
  • AWS Cloud Services - EC2, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, Connect, SNS, IoT core, AWS SDK, AWS CDK
  • Programming Languages - Python, SQL,Java, JavaScript, HTML and CSS
  • Databases - SQL Server, MySQL

Timeline

UX Designer

Clay Clubhouse
05.2023 - Current

UX Designer

ClassHook
05.2023 - 05.2023

Software Engineer

WorkStride
11.2021 - 11.2022

Cloud Support Associate

Amazon Web Services Inc.
07.2020 - 11.2021

Graduate Research Assistant

University Of Texas At Arlington
06.2019 - 05.2020

Web Developer

University Of Texas At Arlington
05.2019 - 08.2019

General Assembly

Master of Science - Computer Science

The University of Texas At Arlington

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