Brian Smith
Seinor Software Engineer at The Buckle, Inc.
Nebraska, United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolBrian Smith is a seasoned Java software engineer with over a decade of experience building everything from desktop clients to high-availability eCommerce platforms, now leading engineering efforts at The Buckle. He combines deep Java EE/Spring expertise with practical DevOps tooling (AWS, Chef, Jenkins, Travis CI) to streamline delivery and improve system reliability. As a former technical lead and DoD contractor with Top Secret clearance, he’s comfortable designing UML-backed architectures, leading small teams, and navigating strict compliance environments. Known for integrating new tools and processes, he has a track record of boosting team productivity and code quality through testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, EasyMock) and CI practices. Based in Nebraska, he pairs hands-on coding with operational savvy and a pragmatic focus on maintainable, testable systems.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science, Computer Science, Math, Bachelors of Science, Computer Science, Math at University of Nebraska at Kearney
Github Skills (10)
skeleton4
spring-mvc4
spring3
mvc3
spring-boot3
hateoas3
docker2
prometheus2
restful2
elasticsearch2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
xpanxion/lunch-lady-land-node
Jan 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:1 release, 21 PRs, 38 pushes in 7 months
landbackendnodejslunch
darklance/wallboard-angular
Jan 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:20 PRs, 24 pushes, 17 branches in 5 months
wallboardangular
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