Joshua Smith
Lead Data Engineer
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoshua Smith is a Lead Data Engineer with 17 years of experience building high-throughput, petabyte-scale data systems and leading cross-functional technical teams. He currently architects the Loss Forecasting solution for Capital One’s Card Credit Risk Management team, bringing production-focused rigor to complex statistical pipelines. Previously he led data and computational geometry teams at Xometry, where he designed core geometry analysis, pricing algorithms, and Docker-based deployments that sit at the heart of the product. His background spans advanced research—from postdoctoral nanolithography and ARL energy device modeling to industrial data engineering—giving him uncommon depth in physics-informed modeling and algorithm design. Based in Washington, D.C., he combines hands-on engineering with people leadership, mentoring seniors and managing multi-disciplinary teams of PhD-level scientists and engineers. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic technical strategist who turns research-grade algorithms into robust, well-tested production services.
17 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics at North Carolina State University
English
Stackoverflow
937reputation
44kreached
1answer
11questions
Github Skills (80)
camp10
diff-tool9
integral9
jwt9
x5099
package-management9
conda-build9
python9
jose9
operating-system9
oauth9
conda9
jwe9
calculator8
ssh8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jrsmith3/binscripts
Jan 2015 - Aug 2023
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 8 years 7 months
jrsmith3/tec
Jan 2015 - May 2025
A python package for simulating vacuum thermionic energy conversion devices.
Contributions:5 releases, 3 PRs, 26 pushes in 10 years 6 months
python
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