Summary
Jon-thomas Smrdel is a Software Engineer Lead with a decade of experience building polished iOS applications and leading teams in fast-moving startup and fintech environments. He blends deep Swift and mobile expertise with a pragmatic, product-focused approach honed at companies like GiftYa and Wolfe, where he shipped user-centric features for payments and gifting products. Now at PNC, he applies startup agility to larger-scale banking projects, balancing maintainable code and rapid delivery. Known for clean architecture and attention to UX detail, he also brings cross-functional collaboration skills from repeatedly bridging product, design, and backend teams. Beyond apps, his varied early roles in IT and logistics give him a pragmatic systems perspective that helps anticipate integration and operational challenges. Colleagues describe him as curious and adaptive—someone who quickly learns new tools and turns constraints into elegant solutions.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Associates of Science in Computer Programming, Computer Programming, Associates of Science in Computer Programming, Computer Programming at Pittsburgh Technical College
University of Pittsburgh