Aaron Smulktis is a versatile AI developer and technology leader based in New York with a decade of hands-on software engineering and AI delivery. As founder and lead engineer at Material Instinct since 2017, he has shipped diverse products—from WebGL 3D configurators and RFID-enabled retail platforms to ecommerce sites—while guiding design, architecture, and operations. Currently he works as an AI Developer at Consiglieri, developing advanced AI software for businesses and creators. His career spans CTO and principal architect roles at GetClark.io, SafetyWing, and GALORE Media, blending backend systems, frontend experiences, and hardware integrations with strategic leadership. A trained artist with formal studies in data science and digital media, he brings a creative, design-minded edge to building scalable, user-focused technologies. Based in NYC, he operates across stacks including Node.js, React, Rails, MongoDB, Postgres, Kubernetes, and AI tooling, uniting entrepreneurship with technical depth.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Arts - AA Illustration Design & Advertising Interactive Design, Associate of Arts - AA Illustration Design & Advertising Interactive Design at School of Visual Arts
Open Source multi-language/multi-currency/multi-store E-commerce platform for Ruby on Rails with a modern UX, PWA frontend, REST API, GraphQL, several official extensions, and 3rd party integrations.
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push, 2 branches in 2 years 9 months
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