Summary
Michael Smith is a pragmatic software developer with 11 years of experience building scalable web and edge systems for enterprise and industrial customers. He has led teams and agile adoption at Paycom, built resilient React and Docker-based solutions for remote oilfield deployments at Flogistix, and now develops software for banking and varied freelance projects including CNC tooling and mobile apps. Comfortable across MySQL, PHP, AWS (AWS Cloud Practitioner), and modern front-end stacks, he focuses on reliable, deployable systems that work under unreliable networks and hardware. His background — a BS in Computer Science and an MS in Management Information Systems from Oklahoma State — blends hands-on engineering with product-minded delivery and cross-discipline collaboration.
11 years of coding experience