Arik Smith
Software Engineer at Meta
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolArik Smith is a software engineer based in Chicago with five years of experience building user-focused web applications and sustainability tooling, now working at Meta. He was a core maintainer of the popular open-source Cloud Carbon Footprint project at Thoughtworks, contributing front-end UI and dashboard improvements that helped visualize millions of rows of cloud carbon data for enterprise customers. Comfortable across full-stack stacks, Arik has shipped production React front-ends, Python tooling, and AWS-backed solutions while championing Sustainable UX and carbon-aware engineering practices. His background ranges from .NET and C# production work to WebGL training simulations and CLI tooling, reflecting a practical blend of design-minded front-end craft and scalable backend integrations. Notably, he has repeatedly translated complex data problems into polished, maintainable interfaces and performance-minded implementations for both clients and open-source users.
5 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer Science at Case Western Reserve University
Github Skills (14)
data-visualizations10
uid10
javascript10
data-visualisation10
data-visualization10
user-interface10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
graphical-user-interface10
react10
typescripts8
typescript8
typescript-types8
cloud-computing4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
cloud-carbon-footprint/cloud-carbon-footprint
Apr 2021 - May 2022
Cloud Carbon Footprint is a tool to estimate energy use (kilowatt-hours) and carbon emissions (metric tons CO2e) from public cloud usage
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 288 commits, 11 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Arik primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the "Cloud Carbon Footprint" project, with a focus on user interface and dashboard improvements. Their work involved implementing new UI components and charts, as well as styling adjustments to enhance the user experience. Furthermore, the user addressed layout issues by adding flex-wrap responsiveness to Forecast components and refactored code for better maintainability. These commits demonstrate an understanding of front-end frameworks.
climatepythonfootprintcloudemissions
4upz-tw/backstage
May 2022 - May 2022
Backstage is an open platform for building developer portals
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
portalsbackbonejsopen-platformportalbackstage
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