Summary
Jarod Smith is a Mobile Application Specialist with 20+ years of software experience and eight years focused on cross-platform mobile development, currently building Ionic/Angular apps and leading mobile architecture at Transamerica. He specializes in Angular (5+), Ionic (3–5), Cordova/Capacitor and Firebase, and has repeatedly taken hybrid apps from prototype to Play Store and App Store releases for clients and his own JMS Mobile Apps. Comfortable across front-end, backend (PHP, LEMP/LAMP, MongoDB) and cloud services, he blends hands-on coding with translating complex architectural guidance into detailed technical designs. Jarod also uses Python for data tasks like web scraping and is actively refreshing his public code samples on GitHub, showing a commitment to continual learning and practical open-source hygiene. Based in Cedar Rapids, he pairs a pragmatic, product-minded approach with a knack for making workflows more fun and efficient through thoughtfully engineered mobile experiences.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Mathematics and Computer Science, BA, Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Northern Iowa
Monticello High School
English