# Connor S. > Software Engineer at Figma Location: Seattle, Washington, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/connors Software engineer working on web experiences at Snap. My day-to-day tools include Typescript, React, C++, and Python I love working on fast-paced, diverse and high-performing teams. I'm always open to chatting, so please feel free to drop me a line! ✉ ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Figma Jan 2022 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States Working to improve the maintainability and flexibility of Design Systems within Figma ### Software Engineer @ Snap Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Seattle, Washington, United States Responsible for shipping V1 of Snapchat for Web, a new platform for the Snapchat ecosystem. Technologies include Typescript, React, Webpack, and C++ ### Software Engineer II @ Microsoft Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Seattle, Washington, United States Working on Web UI experiences written in Typescript & React.js and overall owner of downloads platform within Edge built on the Chromium project. ### Software Engineer @ Microsoft Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Redmond, Washington Stood up the initial build system used to deliver React.js experiences within Edge. ### Teaching Assistant and Mentor @ University of Toronto Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Toronto, Canada Area Worked as a TA mentor to help first year engineering students transition into university by providing career counselling, study strategies and personal examples. ### Software Engineering Intern @ Microsoft Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Redmond, WA Experimented with user experiences in Windows Mixed Reality as part of the Windows Maps in-box app team. ### Software Engineering Intern @ Amazon Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Toronto, Canada Area Working on Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) to improve distributed warehouse management systems. ### Software Engineering Intern @ Yelp Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 Iterated on the Yelp mobile site (m.yelp.com) as a full-stack developer to improve app conversions. Major projects include a completely redesigned mobile homepage which doubled installs on Android and iOS. ### Software Engineering Intern @ Microsoft Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Redmond, WA Working with the Enterprise and Core Quality team to improve business insights from Windows telemetry data. ### Software Engineering Co-Op @ Top Hat Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 • Worked within a team of five engineers to create a new interactive textbook content authoring and distribution platform. • Specific challenges included a WYSIWYG rich text editor and platform integrations which were intuitive while remaining powerful and unrestrictive. • Project required sophisticated solutions to ensure sufficient scalability despite aggressive deadlines and product iterations. • Provided a strong voice in design decisions and helped to shape the product to ensure maximum impact and stability. • Technologies included Django, Backbone.js and required an extensive knowledge of the existing code base for feature repurposing. ### Director of Mentorship, TrackOne @ University of Toronto Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 • Managed and trained a team of over 50 mentors within a team of three other directors. • Planned and executed small and large-scale mentorship events for the 200 members of the TrackOne class • Events were focused on student morale, leadership and the transition from high school to university. ### Mentor and Volunteer @ HiSkule Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | University of Toronto • Personally corresponded with four high school students to demonstrate the typical university lifestyle at the University of Toronto as a first year engineer. • Answered and guided questions about the university and engineering as a program. • Generated new ideas for promoting the profession of engineering to Toronto high school students. • Organized a design competition in which over 150 Toronto-area students participated. ### Instructor @ University of Toronto Engineering Outreach Office Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | University of Toronto • Instructed four week-long courses about python to classes of 30 grade 5 & 6 students. • Topics ranged from basic computer principles to logic, input/output, loops and a culminating project of a working arcade game completed independently by each student. ### Participant @ Yale Programming Competition Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Yale University • Worked in a team of five to program a working Android OS application in Java. • Developed a floor presentation and demonstration for judges and companies. • Achieved the “Best Use of the iGloLED Set API”. ### Badminton Coach @ Dunbarton High School Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Pickering, Ontario • Initiated and managed a high school badminton team. • Actively mentored and coached players in badminton, time management and miscellaneous school skills. • Achieved a team which was ready to compete in the Lake Ontario Secondary School Athletics badminton tournament. ## Education ### Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) in Computer Engineering University of Toronto Jan 2013 – Jan 2018 ### High School Dunbarton High School Jan 2009 – Jan 2014 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/connorjsmith - Website: http://connorjsmith.github.io - GitHub: http://github.com/connorjsmith --- Source: https://flows.cv/connors JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/connors/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29