Jason Smith
Chief Technology Officer at Stealth Startup
Fulshear, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolJason Smith is a seasoned technology leader and multiple-time founder with 21 years building and scaling AI, cloud-native, and data-driven systems across startups and enterprises. As a hands-on CTO and former McKinsey Associate Partner, he has delivered multi-million dollar impact—architecting GenAI and FinTech platforms, HIPAA-compliant analytics, and production-grade RAG/OCR systems that materially improved outcomes and efficiency. He combines deep backend and distributed-systems expertise (Apache CouchDB committer, Couchbase/Nodejitsu-era infrastructure) with product and go-to-market savvy from seed-stage exits to enterprise transformation. Jason routinely leads and coaches 10–20 engineer teams, hiring at scale from FAANG/Wall Street pipelines and reducing code and operational overhead through pragmatic engineering. Notably, his open-source contributions include core CouchDB backend work and meaningful test-suite improvements to Node.js testing tooling, reflecting a commitment to reliability at every layer. Based in Fulshear, Texas, he currently serves as CTO of a stealth startup while advising Generative AI programs across healthcare, retail, and clinical trials.
21 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Still Pending Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Still Pending Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin
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Github Skills (51)
tapi10
git-diff10
git10
couchdb10
javascript10
erlang10
nosql10
testing10
tuntap10
databases10
http10
git-branch10
requirejs10
taps10
assert10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
apache/couchdb
Feb 2013 - Aug 2013
Seamless multi-master syncing database with an intuitive HTTP/JSON API, designed for reliability
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 6 months
Contributions summary:Jason contributed to the backend logic of the CouchDB project. Their work involved modifications to Erlang code, focusing on utility function usage for index directory paths. Additionally, the user implemented and handled events related to logging HTTP requests and managing plugins within the system. These changes suggest a focus on enhancing internal functionalities and event handling mechanisms within the CouchDB backend architecture.
nosql-databaseintuitivejson-apierlangnetwork-client
tapjs/tapjs
Oct 2011 - Dec 2011
Test Anything Protocol tools for node
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:6 commits in 2 months
Contributions summary:Jason's commits primarily focus on enhancing the testing capabilities of the `tapjs/tapjs` repository, a testing framework for Node.js. They implemented new test cases, including those for `doesNotThrow`, `similar`, and `dissimilar` assertions, expanding the framework's functionality and coverage. Several commits addressed specific bugs related to assertion logic, specifically fixing incorrect behavior in existing tests. Overall, the user's work refined the test suite and improved its reliability.
unit-testingavatest-anything-protocolcodemodbundler
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