Nathan Smith
Engineering Manager at Adobe
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNathan Smith is an engineering manager with 11 years of experience who leads security and compliance efforts for Adobe Commerce from Austin, Texas. He combines hands-on backend development—contributing core changes and GraphQL work to the Magento 2 codebase—with people leadership across multiple product teams. His background spans full lifecycle web engineering, technical writing for developer docs, and operational roles from DevOps container deployments to system administration. Known for turning complex compliance requirements into pragmatic engineering solutions, he balances risk and resilience with shipping maintainable, testable code. An unconventional asset: he pairs enterprise security stewardship with active open-source contributions to one of the web’s most widely used e-commerce platforms.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Programming with a Concentration in Web Development, Bachelor’s Degree Programming with a Concentration in Web Development at University of Phoenix
Github Skills (13)
php10
magento10
ecommerce10
documentation10
wpgraphql9
jekyll9
wordpress-graphql9
graphql9
html8
testing8
ruby7
css7
configuration-management6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
magento/magento2
Apr 2018 - Feb 2022
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Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 705 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Nathan's commits primarily focus on modifying the core logic and functionalities of the Magento 2 e-commerce platform. These changes include merging code branches, specifically related to downloadable products, and also encompass adjustments to unit tests. Additionally, code modifications involve updates to the files relevant to the GraphQl sales and catalog. The changes seem to enhance the overall performance and maintainability of the system.
adobeecommercesigncontributor-license-agreementsubmissions
magento/devdocs
Jan 2019 - Mar 2022
[Deprecated] Magento Developer Documentation
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:5 reviews, 31 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Nathan primarily contributed to the developer documentation repository, as indicated by the commit messages and code changes. Their work included updates to various documentation files, such as page headers, and layouts. Furthermore, the user appears to have added and modified several configuration files and plugins related to the documentation generation process, including the addition of a plugin to create a list of migrated topics. These changes strongly suggest a focus on improving and maintaining the developer documentation.
magento2magentodeveloper-documentation
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