Yoni Samlan

Yoni Samlan

Engineering & Product — Builder & Leader

About

2015–2020

Localytics (now Upland)

Principal Software Engineer

Backend & Messaging Systems (and before that, Director of Product Management). Our SDKs are on billions of devices worldwide. Our systems process billions of events and send millions of messages every day.

2012–2015

LevelUp

Head of Mobile

My team built the Android and iOS apps. The SDKs we wrote are under the hood of hundreds of apps used daily at thousands of merchants around the US. LevelUp was acquired by GrubHub in 2018.

2010–2012

SCVNGR

Lead Android Developer

A mobile location-based game that eventually pivoted into LevelUp. Millions of people used it to check in, share photos, and leave tips at places around their cities.

2008–2010

Active Frequency

Co-founder

A web and mobile development consulting shop in Cambridge, MA. I now serve as an advisor.

I've spoken about mobile, web, and wearable product and development at dozens of events, like Google I/O, MITX, and FITC Mobile.

I have a BS in computer science and philosophy from Brandeis University.

I work in the Boston area and live in Cambridge, MA.

I'm on LinkedIn. Contact me if you'd like a formal résumé.

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