Samuel Smith

Professional highlights

• BA in Computer Science

  Texas State University Bachelor's2012
• Maintained as maintainer of Time::Piece core Perl module

  Maintainer of Time::Piece core Perl module since 2015, shipping ~30 releases

  Fixed time zone/DST handling, memory corruption across platforms, added truncate() and microsecond parsing
• Expert-level experience across languages, frameworks and infrastructure

  Perl, Python, JavaScript, Go, C, SQL, Bash Expert

  Django, Flask, React, Vue.js, jQuery Advanced

  PostgreSQL, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS Advanced
• Resolved high-impact production fixing legacy Perl bugs and optimizing Django performance

  Fixed AES encryption bug in Perl XS library that restored account creation on revenue-critical signup flow

  FriendFinder Networks

  Optimized Django apps for 10,000 concurrent users by correcting MySQL deadlock configuration

  FriendFinder Networks
• Served as primary developer owning full vertical slices and mentoring teams

  Primary developer and maintainer of ERP system for America’s largest textile corporation over five years

  Clearbuilt Technologies

  Mentored junior developers and facilitated knowledge transfer across the team

  FriendFinder Networks