Community connection
S&CT
Saggart & Citywest Together
Helping neighbours find local information, practical supports and ways to connect. A shared resource for a welcoming, informed community.
Curiosity.Creativity.Purpose.
Software and Community Developer based in Dublin, Ireland.
Sam Tim Solutions makes information clearer, connects communities and builds useful digital experiences.
Selected work
Explore my work.
Community resources, playful learning and applications built around real interests.
Full-stack application
SpoodleSpace
A social space for people who love dogs. A React interface and Django REST API bring a shared-interest community together.
Interactive learning
Beaver v Otter
Two animals. One river. A choice-based game exploring river ecosystems, data centres and how people can protect the water they share.
Every journeyto Ireland
is different.
Learning resource
A New Life in Ireland
Character-based learning about migration, rights and settlement in Ireland.
Django application
Cockapoo Club
Dog-care content and a training-booking application for owners and enthusiasts.
Learning resource
AllyIndex
An interactive resource for exploring LGBTQ+ terminology, diverse history and allyship through self-guided learning and a knowledge quiz.
Literary game
The White Whale vs Old Thunder
A tactical Moby-Dick browser game.
Experience
Work in context.
Software, public service and social research. Different settings, with people at the centre.
Public service
Executive Officer
Junior Software Developer at the Department of Social Protection.
Strategy & collaboration
Strategic Development & Innovation
People-first projects and collaboration.
Research & policy
Research, policy & community development
Education, policing, inclusion and social policy.
Research & writing
A foundation in evidence.
Research into culture, inclusion and public life still informs how I ask questions and approach digital work.
Routledge International Handbook of Police Ethnography (Chapter 34)
Police, Race and Culture in the ‘New Ireland’
Review of the Equality Acts
National Plan for Equity of Access to Higher Education 2022–2026
Educational Equality is Central to Ireland's Recovery
Elder Abuse, Context and Theory
Value for Money and Policy Review of Youth Programmes
2015Age Action Intercultural Care Home Project
About & approach
People first.
Then the technology.
SoftwareFull-stack digital products
ResearchEvidence, policy and social science
PeopleSupporting communities
UnderstandFind the real problem.
SimplifyTranslate knowledge for all.
BuildMake it useful.
I’m Sam, a full-stack developer and social researcher. I’m interested in what happens when technical skills meet a good understanding of people.
My background spans sociology, public policy, education and community development. It shapes how I build: listen carefully, understand the context and make the next step clear.
I work across frontend and backend systems, with accessibility, maintainability and clear communication built into the process.
PhD in SociologyUniversity College Dublin
Diploma in Full Stack Software DevelopmentCode Institute · Advanced Front End
Tools I work with
- JavaScript
- React
- Python
- Django
- REST APIs
- SQL
- PostgreSQL
- HTML & CSS
- Git
- AI-assisted development
Let’s make something useful
Good things start
with a conversation.
Have a digital project, a research question or a community idea? I’d be glad to hear about it.
Send me an email samobrienolinger@gmail.com