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 (190)
autocomplete10
material-ui10
vim10
svg10
3d10
javascript10
react-components10
js10
webgl10
template-literals10
virtual-reality10
eslint10
html-template10
vscode-extension10
vscode10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
jonsmithers/vim-html-template-literals
Mar 2018 - Jun 2021
Syntax highlighting for html template literals in javascript (as in lit-html and polymer 3)
Contributions:1 release, 103 commits, 13 PRs in 3 years 3 months
html-templatejavascriptlit-htmlpolymersyntax-highlighting
jonsmithers/resume
Oct 2015 - Aug 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 80 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 9 months
cssjavascripthtml-css
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