# Douglas Smith

> Staff Software Engineer @ Airbnb

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/douglassmith

A well-rounded engineer with experience building and owning infrastructure products from the ground up. 

Currently working on Observability as Code @ Airbnb. 
Previously worked on Vector & Observability Pipelines @ Datadog and Observability @ Lyft.

Also an avid runner and snowboarder - fun fact, I’m in my cover photo.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Airbnb
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, NY
Reliability Experience
Observability as Code

https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/it-wasnt-a-culture-problem-upleveling-alert-development-at-airbnb-01e2290eb0f5

### Senior Software Engineer @ Datadog
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States
Vector.dev and Observability Pipelines

### Senior Software Engineer @ Lyft
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States
Observability.
Backend engineer working on metrics and logging, specializing in high-throughput distributed systems written in Rust and Go.

### Software Engineer @ Lyft
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States
Observability.
Tech Lead and service owner of metrics, logging, and alerting web applications (React/Next.js).

### Software Engineer @ Fig - Food Is Good
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
Founding engineer. 
Worked closely with Product to identify product market fit through agile iteration, competitive research, and user studies. 
Effectively grew the team from one to four engineers, establishing the foundations of the technical culture.
Developed the company’s first two product offerings and the foundations of its core algorithms as they exist today.

### Stat110 Teaching Fellow @ Harvard University
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Developed and taught a new computer science focused weekly section. 
Held weekly office hours. 
Graded and gave timely feedback on exams and assignments.

Core Topics Taught: Probability, Random variables, Univariate/Multivariate distributions, Limit theorems, Markov chains.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Airbnb
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California, United States
Worked on the Payments Transactions team.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Google
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | New York, New York, United States
Worked on the Google Docs Accessibility team.

Implemented a client-side touch input feature for Google Docs, Slides, Drawings, and Sheets.

### CS50 Teaching Fellow @ Harvard University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Held weekly section and office hours. 
Graded and gave timely feedback on exams and assignments.

Core Topics Taught: C, Python, JavaScript, Search and Sort Algorithms, Memory Management, Data Structures, Compression, and Web Programming.

### Engineering Practicum Intern @ Google
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Chicago, Illinois, United States
Worked on the Search UI Infrastructure team, primarily focusing on client-side latency logging.


## Education
### AB in Computer Science
Harvard University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dsmith3197

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Last updated: 2026-03-22