Daniel Smith is a Staff Software Engineer with eight years of experience building developer-focused automation and QA tooling, currently shaping developer experience at Qt Group from Selje, Norway. He specializes in Python and Node.js automation, with practical exposure to Perl, Go, Jenkins, Gerrit, Postgres and time-series tooling, and has a track record of making complex infrastructure feel intuitive and invisible to developers. Daniel progressed from QA engineer to staff-level contributor by creating pragmatic, well-scoped projects that prioritize usability and documentation for teams. His background in technical support and customer-facing roles gives him a strong bias for clear communication, rapid incident resolution, and translating real-world needs into reliable automation. An unexpected strength is his film-production education, which complements his engineering work with storytelling instincts that improve documentation and internal tooling adoption.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Indiana University Southeast
Bachelor of Science (BS) Cinematography and Film/Video Production, Bachelor of Science (BS) Cinematography and Film/Video Production at Full Sail University
Python wrapper for the Gerrit REST API with Qt Project extensions.
Contributions:1 release, 3 pushes, 1 tag in 9 months
apipythonpython-wrapperextensionsrest
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Daniel Smith - Staff Software Engineer at Qt Group