Marcus Smith
Software Engineering Manager
Los Angeles, CA
Engineering Manager with 9+ years of engineering experience and 3.5 years of engineering management experience scaling full-stack teams. I bring a strong technical foundation in ExpressJs and NextJs combined with a proven track record of leading teams through ambiguity, mentoring engineers, and shipping products quickly. I thrive when I'm aligning engineering with product strategy and creating a culture of ownership, feedback, and high output.
Professional Experience
Co-founder & CTO, Tapestry
2021 - 2025Software Engineer (iOS + Full Stack), TryFi
2019 - 2021- Built services to communicate with lost dog collars in poor network conditions. This was vital in locating 20,000+ lost pets using GPS, Wifi and Bluetooth.
- Led development of Instagram for Dogs social features, growing to 5,000+ active dogs with 4.6-star App Store rating.
- Partnered with Designers and Product Managers to A/B test features and iterate on product-market fit.
Associate Software Engineer, Goldman Sachs
2018 - 2019- Developed a matching platform connecting asset managers with fund managers, facilitating billions of dollars in investments.
- Collaborated with senior engineers on architectural decisions for mission-critical securities data.
- Mentored junior engineers, providing technical guidance and code reviews to contribute to their growth.
Software Engineer (iOS + Android), Snap
2016 - 2018- Contributed to iOS development for Discover redesign.
- Built and launched Group Stories for Android, enabling collaborative content creation and achieving 100M+ MAU in the first 3 months.
- Improved network bandwidth with checksums to communicate existing data between client and server.
Education
UC Berkeley
2012 - 2016B.S. Computer Science
Skills
Languages & Frameworks
- Express.js
- Next.js
- TypeScript
Infrastructure & Tools
- Vercel
- Redis
- Linear
- GitHub
Specializations
- Full-Stack Architecture
- Graph Databases (Neo4j + Cypher)
- Blockchain Development
- Mobile Development (iOS/Android)