Beau Smith
Self Employed
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBeau Smith is an independent consultant and product-focused engineer/designer with 18 years of experience crafting simple, accessible web and mobile experiences from startups to election systems. He has led end-to-end UX and front-end engineering work at organizations including VotingWorks—where he helped build a TypeScript, fully tested suite of election apps used in US elections—and consumer platforms like Square and Kip. Beau specializes in rebuilding and maintaining consistent, maintainable UI component systems (including contributions to the popular NativeBase project) and automating workflows so teams can focus on higher-value customer work. Comfortable across design, product management, and full-stack implementation, he combines pixel-level craft with pragmatic engineering. Based in San Francisco, he seeks socially redeeming projects that increase opportunity, safety, or sustainability. Outside work he brings the same curiosity to cooking and outdoor adventure, informing a human-centered approach to product decisions.
18 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BA Visual Communication (Graphic & Web Design Emphesis) Minor in Marketing, BA Visual Communication (Graphic & Web Design Emphesis) Minor in Marketing at California State University, Chico
English, German, Spanish, Swedish
Stackoverflow
34,003reputation
9.2mreached
85answers
25questions
console
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mobile-safari
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git
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dom
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react-native
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version-control
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Github Skills (29)
javascript10
ios10
react-native10
ui-components10
css10
sass10
html10
mobile-safari10
hyperlink10
react10
console9
web-application9
accessibility9
unit-testing9
git9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
GeekyAnts/NativeBase
May 2017 - May 2017
Mobile-first, accessible components for React Native & Web to build consistent UI across Android, iOS and Web.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Beau primarily focused on improving the codebase's consistency and maintainability. They addressed issues in UI component files such as Button, Segment, and TabContainer, potentially related to platform-specific styling. Furthermore, the user removed unused variables across multiple theme component files, reflecting an effort to clean up the codebase and reduce potential clutter. These changes indicate a focus on optimizing the UI's internal structure and functionality.
reactreact-nativeaccessibleios-androidweb-native
votingworks/bmd
Jan 2019 - Oct 2020
Contributions:24 reviews, 685 commits, 349 PRs in 1 year 9 months
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