Andrew Smith
Senior Lead Software Engineer at GitLab
Greater Hobart Area Australia
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Top SchoolAndrew Smith is a seasoned software leader with 17 years of experience, currently a Senior Lead Software Engineer at Edalex and a GitLab Core Team member. He served as CTO of intelliHR, helping scale the international HR SaaS to multi-million ARR before its $85M acquisition in 2023, blending hands-on engineering with executive product and growth responsibilities. His background spans full-stack development across Ruby on Rails, PHP and modern web front-ends, with early open-source contributions to the ChiliProject project improving UI and Rails integrations. Known for translating product needs into reliable, maintainable systems, he combines technical depth with operational experience in fast-moving startups and distributed teams. Based in the Greater Hobart Area, he brings a pragmatic engineering leadership style shaped by both startup exits and long-term platform work. An often-overlooked strength is his knack for incremental UX and front-end fixes that noticeably improve adoption and developer ergonomics.
17 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Wilmslow High SchoolBachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Software and Electronic, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Software and Electronic at University of Leicester
English
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Github Skills (17)
debug10
javascript10
jquery10
css10
user-interface10
front-end-development10
rails9
ruby-on-rails9
html9
routes6
binding6
php6
laravel6
migration6
unit-testing6
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
chiliproject/chiliproject
Feb 2012 - Jul 2012
ChiliProject is a web based project management system built on Ruby on Rails
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:20 commits in 4 months
Contributions summary:Andrew made various contributions to the ChiliProject repository, primarily focusing on front-end and minor back-end improvements. Their work includes fixing UI-related issues such as incorrect timing of jQuery functions, handling of duplicated IDs, and improving visual presentation through CSS adjustments. They also addressed bugs related to context menus and project dropdown menus, demonstrating proficiency in both front-end and minor back-end logic within the Ruby on Rails framework. The user demonstrated a good understanding of JavaScript, CSS, and HTML within a Rails environment.
ruby-on-railsmanagement-systemproject-management-systemrailsweb-based
EspadaV8/eloquent-versioned
Jun 2015 - Feb 2018
Contributions:22 commits, 2 PRs, 30 pushes in 2 years 9 months
transparenteloquent-ormphpversioninglaravel-5
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