Jacob Smith
Staff Software Engineer at Jacob Wesley Smith, LLC / Sideyard Technologies
Westfield, Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Smith is a staff software engineer with 12 years of experience building user-focused web and mobile products, currently leading engineering at Your Money Line. He specializes in Node.js, React, React Native/Expo, and Ruby on Rails, and has architected hybrid mobile experiences that reuse Next.js web pages to maintain UX continuity. A pragmatic leader and mentor, he scales teams as well as systems—running formal mentorship programs and translating product goals into practical, maintainable architectures. As a founder of a small consultancy, he repeatedly demonstrates an ability to jump into unfamiliar codebases and deliver value quickly, from payment systems processing millions to apps that cut operational waste. Based in Westfield, Indiana, he pairs a holistic problem-solving approach with hands-on implementation and a knack for blending technical and social interventions to make teams perform better.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Spanish Language and Literature, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Spanish Language and Literature at Ball State University
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Github Skills (200)
infinite-scroll10
parallax10
mvc10
ruby10
javascript10
html10
rails10
android10
react10
desktop-application9
redactor9
laravel9
puma9
database9
postgresql9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
jacobsmith/cite_me
Feb 2014 - Jan 2017
Contributions:26 commits, 1 push in 2 years 11 months
jacobsmith/jacobsmith.github.io
Mar 2017 - Dec 2022
Contributions:22 pushes in 5 years 10 months
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