Summary
Smyth May is a Staff Software Engineer in Seattle with 11 years of experience building mobile and embedded experiences across telecommunications, automotive, and consumer devices. He’s shipped Android clients and backend features at scale for products like Amazon Astro, Echo Auto, and DoorDash Dasher, and now focuses on device experience R&D at Toast. With a B.S. in Informatics from the University of Washington, he blends product-minded engineering with low-level device integration—comfortable across Android, iOS, and backend services. His career shows a pattern of tackling connected-device challenges in safety- and reliability-focused domains, from mission-critical communications at Motorola Solutions to in-car infotainment at Xevo. Colleagues would describe him as pragmatic and customer-obsessed, with a steady track record of moving prototypes into production.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Informatics, 3.55, Bachelor of Science, Informatics, 3.55 at University of Washington
High School Diploma and IB Certificates, IB Certificates in Spanish Ab Initio, English Higher Level, and Psychology Higher Level, High School Diploma and IB Certificates, IB Certificates in Spanish Ab Initio, English Higher Level, and Psychology Higher Level at International School of the Eastern Seaboard