Jonathan Smith
Machine Learning Engineer at Meta
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Smith is a Machine Learning Engineer with 16 years of experience applying ML to social impact and community-focused projects. He currently works at Meta on social impact initiatives after researching interpretability and time-series applications as a Machine Learning Scientist at Layer 6 AI. His background blends rigorous computer science training from Waterloo with business grounding from Wilfrid Laurier, enabling him to bridge research, product, and real-world deployment. Jonathan has a track record of translating mission-driven stories into technical solutions—he co-founded a film company that produced multilingual short films for nonprofits and later designed PeaceTech community programs. Early career roles include applying ML to intellectual property protection and building interpretable models for time-series problems, reflecting both applied engineering and research instincts. He is motivated by engineering positive change in communities and brings a rare mix of creative storytelling and ML technical depth to socially beneficial projects.
16 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Business Administration at Wilfrid Laurier UniversityBachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Waterloo
Indonesian
Github Skills (30)
sports-data10
medicine10
self-attention10
building-blocks9
pytorch6
transformers5
django-framework4
web-application4
java4
composable4
django4
python3
robot3
logger3
logging3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jajsmith/COVID19NonPharmaceuticalInterventions
Mar 2020 - Aug 2021
Gathered data and analysis on Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions related to COVID-19 Pandemic
Contributions:4 releases, 236 commits, 21 PRs in 1 year 4 months
interventionssports-datamedicine
jajsmith/Explore
Sep 2015 - Nov 2018
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
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