Karl Smith
Founder at Truest North Compass
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKarl Smith is a founder and software engineer with eight years of experience building cloud-native systems, consumer products, and hardware prototypes. He designed, prototyped, and hand-assembled a novel consumer compass, ran a Kickstarter that raised $145K from 600+ backers, and scaled fulfillment to 700+ units while transitioning to Shopify sales. Technically fluent in Python, AWS, ETL pipelines, and embedded C++, Karl has shipped integrations that ingest tens of thousands of jobs daily and maintained mission-critical tooling for large-scale data center operations. His background spans PhD-level biophysics research, mobile app and game development, and live IoT-enhanced performance work—an uncommon blend of rigorous scientific thinking, hands-on manufacturing, and product-minded engineering.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biophysics at University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryMaster of Science (M.S.), Biophysics, Master of Science (M.S.), Biophysics at University of RochesterBachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics, English, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics, English at Allegheny CollegeGithub contributions (5)
karljpsmith/typewriter-ocr-tweet
Jun 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:7 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
karljpsmith/juggling-ball
Feb 2019 - Nov 2019
Contributions:20 pushes, 2 branches in 9 months
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