# Nathaniel Smith

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Location: San Bruno, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nathanielsmith

My name is Nathaniel Smith and I am currently a software engineer at Mindy. I am very passionate and inquisitive about the things that interest me(which is a lot).

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Mindy
Jan 2024 – Jan 2026

### Vice President & Co-Founder @ AI @ UIUC
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Champaign, Illinois, United States

### Runtime Engineer @ Aechelon Technology
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Kansas City, Kansas, United States
• Implemented HDR lighting with tone-mapping in a flight simulator used in over 900 flight training systems
• Created a user interface to allow for fine tuning of HDR gain parameters
• Added support for lookup tables to increase efficiency of implementation by 35%
• Worked to overhaul the flight simulator lighting system to use physically based rendering

### Software Developer @ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
• Developed data analysis python solution in tandem with PostgreSQL database
• Refactored PostgreSQL database in a way that nearly doubled analysis speed
• Utilized AWS S3, EC2, Lambda, and API Gateway to create a REST endpoint for streamlined analysis


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nathaniel-smith-027727208

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Last updated: 2026-03-29