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

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Risk Analysis
Address Search
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35% Reduction
User Confusion
SafeHome SF Desktop UI SafeHome SF Mobile UI
Civic Tech UX Redesign Data Visualization

SafeHome SF

Democratizing seismic hazard data for San Francisco residents through a user-centric risk assessment platform for home safety.

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Branding
Identity Design
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Impact
$10K Raised
I'm Done Dimming My Light Book Cover
Branding UX Strategy Service Design

I'm Done Dimming My Light

Designing the world’s first “Book Shower” and a 4-month presale campaign that raised $10,000, transforming a book launch into a high-impact service design experience.

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Technical Analysis
Market Insights
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Built with AI
Smart Platform
Stock Sentinel Desktop UI Stock Sentinel Mobile UI
AI-Powered Technical Analysis Product Design

Stock Sentinel

A noise-free portfolio tracker built with AI to provide deep technical indicator analysis for retail investors.

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+60%
Signups
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UX Redesign
Web Platform
Yoga Studio Workspace Preview
Client Project AI Based Product Design UX Research Web

Yoga for All

From vision to launch with a 60% increase in signups. Creating an intuitive booking and class management experience.

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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.