Summary
Jason Smart is a founder and senior software engineer who thrives on jumping into new domains and shipping real systems—from PhD-level biophysics simulations to bioinformatics, search, cloud infrastructure, and indie game development. He combines deep quantitative chops (PhD from UC San Diego, decades of proprietary options-trading algorithms) with large-scale engineering experience at Google and Meta, and entrepreneurial rigor demonstrated by quickly launching a hedge fund and a solo game studio. At Frosty Wren he built a full Godot-based game and a Python procedural asset pipeline (TiGen), integrating AI throughout the development lifecycle. Equally comfortable in research and product delivery, he learns fast, goes deep, and turns novel ideas into production-quality software.
1 year of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Physics, Bachelor's degree, Physics at University of California, Berkeley
University of California, San Diego