Samuel Lawrentz

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India8 yrs 10 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led engineering teams to high performance.
  • Expert in modern frontend technologies and AI integration.
  • Proven track record in building scalable applications.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused Frontend Engineer with strong leadership capabilities.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementLeadershipProject ManagementGo (programming Language)React.jsUser Interface DesignJavascript

Other Skills

Software Product ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipTeam LeadershipDevOpsGenerative AIHTML5Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)DatabasesEnterprise Solution DesignRedux.jsREST APIsAgile MethodologiesAlgorithmsjQuerySASS

About

From shipping pixel-perfect UIs to shipping entire teams — 8 years of frontend engineering evolved into something bigger. I started with ReactJS, Redux, TypeScript, and a borderline obsessive attention to detail. Built 10+ JavaScript plugins, 2 component libraries, a VSCode extension, an API, and more websites than I can count. Somewhere along the way, I realized the most complex system I’d ever architect wasn’t a codebase — it was a high-performing team. Now I lead engineering teams across full-stack development, system design, and database architecture. But the real shift? I’ve stopped thinking about headcount and started thinking about leverage. Small teams. AI-first workflows. Uncomfortably high throughput. I build engineers who move like ten. The goal isn’t more people — it’s more output per person. AI doesn’t replace the team; it multiplies it. Get that right, and a handful of sharp engineers can outship an entire department. My approach: Build, Ship, Repeat. Cut the noise, raise the bar, keep moving. If you’ve scrolled this far, go check my recommendations. I’ll wait. 😄

Experience

8 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
6 yrs 7 mos
Current Experience

Plivo

6 roles

Software Engineering Manager

Promoted

Jan 2026Present · 4 mos

  • Own and drive the application layer at Plivo — architecture, execution, and delivery
  • Lead the customer-facing UI/UX org, managing end-to-end product experiences
  • Build meaningful interfaces on par with the best — Linear, OpenAI
  • Define engineering standards, code quality bar, and shipping cadence for the team
  • Hire, mentor, and grow engineers with a Build, Ship, Repeat mindset
  • Identify customer pain points, prioritize ruthlessly, and ship fixes fast
  • Drive technical strategy and system design decisions across large-scale systems
  • Bring in AI across the team's workflow to multiply output and fill capability gaps
  • Balance quality and velocity — no compromises on either
  • Partner with Product, Design, and Backend teams to align on roadmap and delivery
Software Product ManagementEngineering ManagementLeadershipCross-functional Team LeadershipTeam LeadershipProject Management

Software Development Engineer 3

Jan 2025Feb 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Whooo! Promoted again, this time took charge of hauling the complete Plivo CX project from old and archaic tech into modern and bleeding-edge tech, which I wanted to do for quite sometime. Few of my roles or achievements,
  • Owned the whole migration of the project from Antd to ShadCN
  • Started leading pods by working on requirements and unblocking developers
  • Architected and laid the foundation for the Plivo CX v2 app single handedly
  • Mentored Juniors and made sure best practises are followed
  • Set up linting and enforced TDD via CI/CD and made the life of everyone easier and bug-free
  • Started full stack and built features completely end to end
  • The ride at Plivo is awesome, and thanks to Plivo for trusting me and helping me grow in my career. Now, I'm capable of building a full-blown enterprise app end to end. With the AI hype all around, I'm into AI too. No day goes by without the use of AI. As a company, we are delving ourselves into Agentic frameworks and solutions.
  • If you have to stay ahead in the game, you need AI to be productive and smart. Don't hate it or fear it; embrace it.
Project ManagementGo (Programming Language)DevOps

Software Development Engineer 2 - UI

Promoted

Oct 2022Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • So this is the product that I'm currently working on. Here at Plivo we treat each product as a separate micro startup which means I'm a core member and SDE of this startup called Contacto.
  • I've been contributing quite a lot of things for this project. Created storybooks for two React component libraries that was written from scratch. Also, I work with Websockets, APIs and async functions.
  • Took ownership for a lot of items within the project.Single handedly migrated the codebase from CRA to Vite + BunJS. I love to use cutting edge technologies. It is awesome to work in the age of AI.
React.jsGenerative AIJavaScriptHTML5Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)Databases+4

Software Development Engineer 1 - UI

Promoted

Apr 2021Oct 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Finally moved into the Engineering Team, the journey has been smooth all along. I always wanted to work on products and Plivo has given me a chance to work on them. I work on a product that is built on ReactJS. Will be working on a native desktop app for windows using electronJS. There is a lot of modern front-end technologies used here. Redux, Saga, Ant Design, Vuera, WebSocket, React Native, etc are some of the tools and frameworks that we use. The work that I do here is exciting and brings up new challenges every day.
React.jsGenerative AIJavaScriptHTML5Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)Databases+3

Senior Frontend Developer - Marketing

Promoted

Jan 2021Apr 2021 · 3 mos

  • Okay, so I got promoted.. Yay!! I've mastered my Frontend Skills ranging from basic HTML page creation to building a complete website and hosting and deploying it to the cloud. I've also started using modern techniques (ES6) and modern Frameworks (VueJs and ReactJs) wherever possible so that we don't end up writing thousands of jQuery code for just a small dynamic UI part. I've mentioned a few of my responsibilities on this job below
  • Take ownership of various customer-facing websites and portals.
  • Create and maintain websites.
  • Build Reusable Components using various Frameworks and Technologies
  • Host and manage JAMSTACK sites on Netlify.
  • Review and maintain standards in coding.
  • Use React JS to build dynamic components
React.jsJavaScriptHTML5Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)User Interface DesignRedux.js+1

Frontend Developer

Jun 2019Dec 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Landed at Plivo. This is my second job as a front end developer. I will be working on integrations and creating web pages for marketing campaigns. I work closely with the senior designers here. Things that I do
  • Create fully working webpages from mockups
  • Write Js scripts that do the work behind
  • Create animations as provided by the designer, optimizing and making them smooth
  • Optimize webpages for speed (Plivo's homepage speed is now 100)
  • Create responsive design for the mockup provided
  • Fully customised website with heavy CSS and reactive components
React.jsJavaScriptHTML5Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)User Interface DesignRedux.js+1

Infracloud technologies

Frontend Developer

Oct 2020Dec 2020 · 2 mos · Pune Division, Maharashtra, India

  • Developed their website from scratch. Had to work on challenging animations and user interfaces. This project helped to sharpen my web development skills even more further.
JavaScriptHTML5Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)Enterprise Solution DesignUser Interface DesignRedux.js

Burning glass technologies

2 roles

Software Engineer - UI

Jun 2017May 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos · Dharmapuri Area, India

  • Project name: LaborInsight Jobs
  • Convert image wireframes to live web applications
  • Create interactive dashboards with simple UI
  • Write client-side scripts to manipulate the DOM (Jquery, KnockoutJS)
  • Develop SPA (Single Page Applications) using MVC, MVVM patterns.
  • Organized technical sessions and participated in various discussions
  • Worked in a global team consisting of people from different countries
  • Create independent JavaScript/Typescript plugins that can be used across applications and is cross browser compatible
JavaScriptHTML5Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)DatabasesUser Interface DesignREST APIs

Student Internship

Dec 2016Apr 2017 · 4 mos · Dharmapuri Area, India

  • Developed C++ modules which were integrated together to form large applications that were used by top IT giants like IBM, Google, etc. Also, worked on Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning that can exponentially decrease the man-hours required for development and maintenance.
  • Modularized a CV Parser to load at runtime
  • Developed interfaces and classes that were exported through a DLL
  • Built a dynamic tagger to load at run-time

Education

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Master of Technology - MTech — Software Systems

Jan 2020Jan 2022

Dr.Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology

Bachelor of Electronics and Communication Engineering

Jan 2013Jan 2017

Nirmala Matha Convent Matriculation higher secondary School

HSC — Computer Science

Jan 1999Jan 2013

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