Donovan Smith
Senior Software Development Engineer at Zillow Group
Batavia, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolDonovan Smith is a seasoned Senior Software Development Engineer with over a decade of experience building impactful software at scale for companies like Zillow Group and Microsoft. His deep technical roots stretch back to assembly and early PC-era hacks, and today he focuses on Windows, .NET, SQL, anti-malware, and software testing while contributing design, code, and tests for systems used by millions. Donovan blends a research-minded approach from his time in Microsoft Research (machine translation) with production-grade engineering in Windows and cloud services. He is also an entrepreneur, having founded Plentiful Bounty in 2024, reflecting a curiosity for applying engineering to new domains. A lifelong reader and self-teacher, he cites diverse influences—from Dr. Dobb’s Journal to The Pragmatic Programmer—that inform a pragmatic, creative problem-solving style.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Okaloosa Walton Community CollegeGithub contributions (5)
dadovan/Configs
Sep 2018 - Apr 2024
Contributions:26 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 7 months
dadovan/FaithlifeUtils
Nov 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:13 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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