Simon Smith is an engineering leader with 10+ years of experience building high-performing teams and revenue-generating platforms, currently leading engineering at Meta after a long stint as Director of Engineering at J.P. Morgan. He combines deep technical fluency from a first-class Software Engineering degree with strong people leadership—coaching, mentoring, and empowering autonomous teams to deliver business-critical systems at scale. Skilled at driving technical transformation and modern platform initiatives, he thrives in complex, cross-functional, agile environments and negotiates effectively across senior stakeholders. Curious and always learning, he balances strategic influence with hands-on execution to turn challenging requirements into reliable, production-grade outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Software Engineering (Bsc Hons), Computer Science, First class honours, Software Engineering (Bsc Hons), Computer Science, First class honours at The University of Glasgow
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