Andrew Smith
Senior Software Engineer at W. W. Wood Products, Inc.
Missouri, United States
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Top SchoolAndrew Smith is a Senior Software Engineer and full-stack team lead with 12 years of experience building modern web applications using Vue, Angular, Svelte, TypeScript, Tailwind, and C#/F# backends. Based in Missouri, he combines strong Linux and open-source sensibilities with a functional-programming bent (F#, Scala, Haskell-influenced thinking) to drive pragmatic, testable architectures and CI/CD workflows. He mentors engineers, conducts code reviews, and makes strategic technology choices while keeping performance and maintainability front and center. Andrew also contributes to well-regarded community resources—improving documentation and clarity in the Real Python guidebook—underscoring his attention to developer experience and communication. Notably, he prefers sustainable, product-focused roles and explicitly avoids government, military, or contract work, reflecting a deliberate career focus.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Information Systems, Computer Information Systems at DevryBachelor’s Degree, General Studies, Bachelor’s Degree, General Studies at Southeast Missouri State University
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Github Skills (13)
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python10
storybook10
documentation10
user-guide10
xml7
json7
dtd6
scala6
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Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
realpython/python-guide
Jan 2014 - Jan 2014
Python best practices guidebook, written for humans.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:9 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily focused on improving the documentation within the "Python best practices guidebook" repository. Their commits involved correcting spelling errors, standardizing capitalization of terms like "Python," "XML," and "JSON," and ensuring consistent hyphenation. They also updated the content in various sections, including scenarios related to scientific computing, web development, and packaging, to improve clarity and accuracy. Their work aimed to enhance the readability and professionalism of the documentation.
guidebookpythonkennethreitzrequirements-managementfor-humans
smithandrewl/HMeter
Dec 2015 - Oct 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 22 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 10 months
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