Senior Backend Engineer, APIs & Databases

Sam Liebow is a backend engineer with approximately 7 years of experience, including 3.5 years in the Risk division at Stripe. He is recognized for his expertise in complex code and data, strong debugging and code review skills, and a proven track record of improving system efficiency, such as reducing a core cron job's runtime from 8 hours to 15 minutes. He is passionate about tackling complex technical problems, working with data and databases, and continuously acquiring new skills. His technical proficiencies include backend engineering with APIs, SQL and NoSQL databases, and making complex systems work together. He is an expert in Typescript/Javascript, conversant in Ruby and Python, and open to learning new languages. While primarily a backend developer, he has enough full-stack experience (React) to build personal applications.