Tyler Smith
Member Of Technical Staff at OpenAI
Boise, Idaho, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTyler Smith is a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI with a five-year track record of building polished, high-performance web experiences and developer-facing tooling. Previously a Staff Frontend Engineer at Stripe, he led the Optimized Checkout Suite and Link payment experiences, blending product leadership with deep front-end engineering. As a co-founder and longtime principal full-stack developer, he has shipped end-to-end products—from CMS and commerce platforms to real-time collaborative APIs—using React, Node.js, and custom performance-focused frameworks. Tyler’s roots in open source and viral side projects (creator of FlexSlider and the Drake-themed LMDTFY) reveal a knack for shipping widely adopted, user-facing code and creative experimentation. Based in Boise, he combines entrepreneurial instincts with rigorous engineering discipline to turn UX and infrastructure challenges into scalable, delightful products.
5 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Github Skills (12)
stripe-payments10
stripe10
sepa10
react10
stripe-js10
stripe-api10
react-stripe9
react-components9
checkout8
google-pay8
apple-pay8
square7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (4)
stripe/react-stripe-js
Dec 2020 - Jun 2022
React components for Stripe.js and Stripe Elements
Contributions:1 release, 10 reviews, 8 commits in 1 year 6 months
reactstripeelementsstripe-elementsstripe-payments
stripe/stripe-js
Feb 2021 - Jun 2022
Loading wrapper for Stripe.js
Contributions:1 release, 32 reviews, 8 commits in 1 year 3 months
stripestripe-paymentssepastripe-jsstripe-api
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