Jon Smithers
Software Engineer at Anduril Industries
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJon Smithers is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building full-stack web applications for defense and industrial clients from Somerville, Massachusetts. He has driven front-end performance optimizations and modernized tech stacks at Leidos, continued full-stack work at Kessel Run, and now contributes to Anduril’s software efforts. Comfortable across servers, databases, and responsive UIs, he focuses on turning complex, data-heavy requirements into usable interfaces and reliable services. His background includes algorithm design, SQL schema work, and identifying bottlenecks—skills first honed during an early systems-engineering internship. Colleagues rely on him to introduce practical improvements and ship production-ready features in high-stakes environments. Outside work he maintains a minimalist public presence (Keybase: jonsmithers), reflecting a pragmatic, no-nonsense approach to engineering.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at George Mason University
Github Skills (200)
quickfix10
autocomplete10
material-ui10
vim10
chat10
linter10
highlighting10
javascript10
react-components10
mui10
location10
ecmascript10
text-editor10
template-literals10
solve10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
jonsmithers/resume
Oct 2015 - Aug 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 80 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 9 months
cssjavascripthtml-css
jonsmithers/vscode-open-in-vim
Dec 2017 - Nov 2022
Plugin to open current file in vim
Contributions:103 commits, 1 PR, 59 pushes in 4 years 11 months
vimvscodevscode-extensionvim-pluginneovim
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