Michael Smith
About Michael Smith
Michael Smith is a Full Stack Engineer with experience in designing and implementing APIs using various AWS services. He has a diverse background in music education and engineering, having worked in multiple roles at institutions such as Cargomatic, Crowden Music Center, and Carnegie Hall.
Work at Cargomatic
Michael Smith has been employed at Cargomatic as a Full Stack Engineer since 2021. In this role, he has led engineering-wide retrospectives and generated team goals and expectations. He has introduced and documented Jest and Sequelize ORM to the engineering team, facilitating modern implementations. Additionally, he has designed and implemented a meta-data and pricing engine API utilizing AWS services such as Lambda, Aurora, SQS, S3, and Cloudwatch. He has also built a React front-end component library using Tailwind.
Education and Expertise
Michael Smith has a diverse educational background in music and software engineering. He studied Piano at Lawrence University, where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree. He furthered his education at Stony Brook University, obtaining both a Master's degree and a Doctorate of Music Arts in Piano. In 2021, he completed the Engineering Immersive program at Hack Reactor, focusing on software engineering principles and practices.
Background
Michael Smith has a varied professional background that spans both music and technology. He worked as Piano and Musicianship Faculty at Crowden Music Center for one year. He also served as a Staff Pianist at San Francisco State University during the same period. Prior to his current role, he held multiple positions at Software Engineering Applications, including Frontend Engineer and Backend Engineer, each for one month in 2021. His earlier experience includes serving as a Graduate Resident Advisor at Stony Brook University and as a Teaching Assistant for three years.
Achievements
Throughout his career, Michael Smith has made significant contributions in both the music and technology fields. He redesigned and optimized a Node and CoffeeScript monolithic API with bulk MongoDB writes and aggregations. His work at Carnegie Hall as a Fellow from 2014 to 2016 further highlights his commitment to excellence in music. His technical achievements at Cargomatic include the successful implementation of various APIs and front-end components, showcasing his skills as a Full Stack Engineer.