Scott Smith

Los Angeles, CA

• •Engineered distributed systems using Python, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, Redis, and Azure to support high-throughput, data-driven features.
• •Implemented federated Apollo GraphQL architecture, enabling seamless service integration and reducing cross-service query complexity.
• •Designed an internal Redis-cached Azure Functions service to handle high-volume text messaging with minimal latency.
• •Built a continuous model-training application and deployment workflow using Scikit-learn, Pandas, and XGBoost to improve predictive performance.
• •Managed predictive models in Azure Blob Storage, improving accessibility and simplifying promotion/rollback across environments.

Los Angeles, CA

• •Migrated the core platform to WordPress to enable efficient A/B testing and rapid UX experimentation.
• •Managed a monolithic Rails application supporting three websites, multiple APIs, and an admin CMS.
• •Developed site- and page-level A/B tests to measure and optimize user engagement and lead conversion.
• •Built a React-based analytics dashboard to visualize lead-generation and conversion metrics for business stakeholders.
• •Designed and maintained a reporting pipeline consolidating marketing, sales, and behavioral data into actionable insights.
• •Introduced Redis caching to improve response times and reporting performance across the platform.

Los Angeles, CA

• •Built a full-stack reporting platform integrating analytics, offline revenue, and marketing spend into unified dashboards.
• •Engineered a data-integration system that consolidated APIs, FTP feeds, emails, and web scraping into a single normalized dataset.
• •Led a data-recovery project to re-map unique identifiers across systems and restore accuracy of historical reporting.

Moorpark, CA

• •Built a custom front end to automate loan categorization for resale to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
• •Refactored loan-filtering algorithms, improving efficiency and reducing processing time.
• •Created XLS parsing/export tools to support multiple internal and external reporting formats.

Remote

• •Delivered an MVP in 3 months as sole back-end engineer, working directly with the CEO and designer.
• •Designed the object model, back-end database, and authentication flows.
• •Integrated MySQL, Devise, Sidekiq, Stripe, CarrierWave, OmniAuth, and other libraries into a cohesive Rails-based product.

• •Built multiple Ruby on Rails websites for local and remote businesses, handling full-stack development and deployment.
• •Consultant at Computer Diversions: prototyped a tablet-based PDF management system with handwriting recognition and database storage.

• •Seattle Housing Authority — Managed 3 apartment buildings (47 units), handling compliance, tenant management, and reporting.
• •Computer Technician (Rent-a-Geek, Adept Computer Tech, UTM Systems) — Supported networks, rebuilt servers, and created test environments.