Hello, I'm Sampada Samaka 👋

Crafting Experiences that transform
complexity into convenience.

UX Designer & former Software Engineer. With full stack engineering experience at Amazon Web Services and WorkStride, I design intuitive experiences that aren't just beautiful, they are technically feasible.

🏆 5+ Yrs Experience
🎓 MS in Computer Science
⌨️ I speak both design and code

☕ Running on coffee and ideas in the SF Bay Area

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Selected Work

SafeHome SF Desktop UI SafeHome SF Mobile UI
CIVIC TECH • SF GOVT

SafeHome SF

A mobile first risk assessment platform empowering San Francisco residents to uncover seismic, tsunami, and liquefaction threats before they become tragedies.

+76.5% ACTIVE GROWTH
6.5m ENGAGEMENT
51% INITIAL TRUST
EXPLORE CASE STUDY
Crowdfunding Campaign Landing Page I'm Done Dimming My Light Book Cover
SERVICE DESIGN • BRANDING

I'm Done Dimming My Light

Designing the world’s first “Book Shower” and a 4 month presale campaign. Transforming a book launch into a high impact, community driven service experience.

$10,000+ TOTAL RAISED
100+ EARLY BACKERS
100% COMMUNITY BUILD
EXPLORE CASE STUDY
Stock Sentinel Desktop UI Stock Sentinel Mobile UI
AI PRODUCT DESIGN • TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Stock Sentinel

Democratizing institutional level insights for retail investors. A noise free portfolio analyzer built with AI to deliver technical indicator analysis in seconds.

< 5s HEALTH CHECK
100% NOISE FREE
AI Powered DECISION ENGINE
EXPLORE CASE STUDY

AI Lab

AI Assisted UX Research / Interactive Dashboard / Data & Design Systems

Taste Test: AI Assisted UX Research

Taking 2,000 raw Starbucks reviews from the Yelp Open Dataset and transforming them into a portfolio-grade interactive insight dashboard. Features quote-grounded thematic coding (zero-hallucination verification), a one-page executive memo, and an interactive data explorer built in collaboration with AI agents.

Chemist researching UXR data in laboratory setting

Awards & Recognition

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UX Hackathon Enterprise Track

1st Place: UW Seattle (DubsTech) Protothon 2026

Won first place out of 500+ participants, 190 submissions, and 60+ countries in the Enterprise Website Design Challenge organized by University of Washington, Seattle and Design Buddies.