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Adam Smith

Engineering Leader · Web Platform & Architecture
Asheville, North Carolina

About

Software engineer and engineering leader with nearly two decades building web products end to end — from front-end architecture and shared component systems to the teams and tooling that ship them. Experience spans hands-on web architecture across multi-product SaaS platforms and direct management of software development teams. Comfortable in fast-moving, ambiguous environments: setting technical direction while staying close to the code, and raising the bar on reliability, performance, and developer experience.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer — hh2
Jul 2024 – Present
Remote · Full-time
  • Design and build features across a production web application serving construction back-office and payroll workflows.
  • Partner across product and engineering to deliver reliable, maintainable front-end systems on a modern JavaScript stack.
Web Architect — LINQ
Dec 2020 – Jun 2024
Full-time
  • Owned front-end web architecture across a SaaS platform serving school districts and state agencies nationwide.
  • Led and mentored a team of developers, setting technical direction and reviewing work to raise quality and consistency.
  • Set direction for shared components, standards, and patterns that product teams built on — improving developer velocity, reliability, and performance across multiple web surfaces.
Senior Software Engineer — LINQ
Aug 2020 – Dec 2020
  • Delivered core web application features ahead of transitioning into the Web Architect role.
Manager, Software Development Engineering — Flexera
Aug 2018 – Jul 2020
Greater Asheville
  • Managed and grew a software development team, owning delivery, technical direction, and engineer development.
  • Balanced people leadership with hands-on technical involvement across the team's projects.
Principal & Founder — ACODESMITH
Sep 2015 – Jun 2018
Greater Asheville
  • Ran an independent web development practice delivering everything from WordPress and Magento builds to ReactJS web applications, owning the full lifecycle from architecture to delivery.
  • Managed developers and contractors on client engagements, coordinating work and ensuring quality delivery.
Website Developer — Wide Open Technologies
Feb 2011 – Aug 2015
  • Built e-commerce solutions with JavaScript-heavy UIs, SQL data management, and MVC framework development; contributed to QA, SEO, and e-marketing.
  • Led and mentored other developers, guiding implementation and code quality.
Website & E-Marketing Manager — RPI Media
May 2007 – Jan 2011
  • Managed websites, e-marketing, database, and back-end admin tooling for event management.
Web Production Artist — EnterComm
2006
  • Front-end development and content management.

Skills

Engineering Leadership
Team management & mentorship Hiring & growing developers Technical direction Cross-functional partnership
Platform & Developer Experience
Web & front-end architecture Shared UI / component systems Developer tooling & velocity Reliability & performance
Product & Technical
AI product development React & modern JavaScript .NET Full-stack web development Code review & QA

Education

University of North Carolina at Wilmington
B.A., Film

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