Scott Christianson
Software Engineering Manager at SmartRent
Port Ludlow, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolScott Christianson is a Software Engineering Manager with 11 years of full-stack experience building web and mobile applications, currently leading engineering at SmartRent. He specializes in Vue.js and React front-ends while remaining comfortable across backend stacks, API design, and integrations. Scott brings hands-on craftsmanship—evidenced by contributions to the popular Simple Machines Forum project where he focused on PHP backend cleanup and core feature fixes—to his managerial role, balancing code-level problem solving with team delivery. Based in Port Ludlow, WA, he blends startup and freelance experience to move projects from prototypes to production-quality systems.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Homeschool
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (17)
back-end-development10
mysql10
simplemachinesforum10
refactor10
php10
forum10
refactoring10
database-api9
databases9
database9
html6
sql6
css6
jquery6
javascript6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
SimpleMachines/SMF
Aug 2017 - Jul 2018
Simple Machines Forum — SMF in short — is free and open-source community forum software, delivering professional grade features in a package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 10 PRs, 30 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Scott primarily contributed to back-end code modifications within the Simple Machines Forum (SMF) project. Their commits focused on removing unused code, such as the `authentication()` function, and refactoring existing ones like removing deprecated functions. They also addressed code related to user profiles, ban restrictions, and paid subscriptions, indicating work on core forum features and administrative functions. These changes suggest a focus on code cleanup and bug fixing within the PHP-based forum software.
professionalforumforum-softwaresmfmachines
Archer70/desmond
Apr 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:9 releases, 171 commits, 5 PRs in 9 months
phpinteroperabilitylisp-interpreterlispprogramming-language
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