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Top SchoolDavid Smith is a Software Engineer with 9+ years of experience building reliable, secure backend and cloud infrastructure for mission-critical, highly regulated environments. Currently on Azure Cloud Transfer Service at Microsoft, he designs and operates distributed services that securely move data between government and sovereign clouds, with a strong emphasis on automation, correctness, and on-call ownership. His background includes leading security-critical backend projects, migrating monoliths to service-based architectures, and creating CI/CD pipelines that improve delivery stability. Prior roles at BAE Systems and Raytheon sharpened his ability to deliver under strict reliability and customer-facing constraints. Trained as a physicist, he brings a methodical, data-driven approach to debugging and system design and enjoys mentoring junior engineers while driving cross-team solutions.
5 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Physics, Master of Science (M.S.) Physics at South Dakota Mines