Michael Smith
Principal IT Architect at Intact
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolMichael Smith is a Principal IT Architect based in Montreal with 11 years of hands-on experience designing, building and scaling native and hybrid mobile applications across iOS and Android. He combines deep mobile engineering expertise (Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, React Native, Core Data, Realm) with backend and API design skills (Node.js, Java, MongoDB) to deliver performant, revenue-driving products and features such as usage-based insurance and personalized engagement. A proven leader and founder, he has led cross-functional teams, launched high‑visibility apps (e.g., a redesigned iOS app featured by Apple) and increased mobile revenue and engagement at Frank And Oak. He regularly advises on architecture, BaaS integration and emerging tech (AI, VR, NFC) and brings a research-rooted background in parallel algorithms and GPGPU that informs his pragmatic approach to performance and scalability.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Student Exchange Program, Software Engineering, Student Exchange Program, Software Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityB.Sc., Physics, B.Sc., Physics at Université de MontréalM.Sc.A., Computer Engineering, M.Sc.A., Computer Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal
English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
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Github Skills (156)
expressjs10
tuner10
rest-api10
backend10
relay10
scaffolding10
mbaas10
graphql-api10
midi10
audio10
receipt10
roku10
music10
amazon-api10
coreaudio10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
meilers/SimpleImageViewer
Jun 2019 - Dec 2021
A snappy image viewer with zoom and interactive dismissal transition.
Contributions:3 pushes in 2 years 5 months
imageviewdismissalimage-viewersnappytransition
meilers/fophoenixapi
Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
Contributions:98 pushes, 1 branch in 20 days
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