Michael Smart
Staff Software Engineer at Snyk
Greater Leicester Area United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Smart is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years' experience building web and frontend systems, currently driving engineering efforts at Snyk after progressing there from Software Engineer to Staff since 2020. Based in the Greater Leicester Area, he brings deep practical experience in JavaScript and frontend development honed through multiple roles at Jadu and effect prior to joining Snyk. He excels at evolving products through iterative delivery and mentoring peers, having moved through rapid internal promotions that reflect technical leadership and ownership. With a background in Popular Music from Bath Spa University, he pairs creative problem-solving with engineering rigor—an uncommon blend that helps him communicate complex technical trade-offs clearly. Though not heavily represented on GitHub, his steady career progression at product-focused companies suggests a focus on production-quality engineering and cross-functional collaboration.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Popular Music, Popular Music at Bath Spa University
Github Skills (72)
facebook9
url-loader8
testing8
user-experience8
parcel-plugin8
javascript7
astar7
api7
snyk7
user-interface7
pathfinding7
asynchronous7
grid7
pulsar7
code-generation6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
mikedevelops/clipppy
Sep 2017 - Aug 2021
A nostalgic trip to a better time
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 2 branches in 3 years 11 months
reactnostalgic
mikedevelops/13k-back
Aug 2019 - Aug 2021
Contributions:5 PRs, 12 pushes, 26 branches in 2 years
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