# Steve Smith > Principal Software Engineer at Walmart Global Tech Location: San Jose, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/stevesmith Innovative Software Engineer | Web & Mobile Development | UX-Focused Leader With over 12 years of experience in web and mobile web development, I specialize in crafting seamless, high-performing applications that enhance consumer experiences. My expertise spans React, Typescript, Ionic, UX design, and scalable front-end architectures, delivering intuitive solutions that drive engagement and efficiency. Currently, as a Principal Software Engineer at Walmart, I lead the development of the Spark Driver web experiences and operational tools, mentoring a team of 15 engineers while designing scalable solutions and components to ensure we develop clean, consistent, high quality products. Previously, I played a pivotal role at JoyRun (acquired by Walmart), where I led mobile app development, designed social engagement features, and built the platform’s UX design system. From startups to Fortune 500 companies, my ability to bridge product vision, UX, and engineering execution enables me to deliver solutions that are not only functional but truly user-centric. πŸ”Ή Passionate about: Front-end engineering, UX/UI design, performance optimization, and mentoring future tech leaders. πŸ”Ή Tech Stack: React 18, Typescript, SASS, MUI, Ionic/Capacitor, UX Design, Node.js πŸ”Ή Looking for: Opportunities to innovate in consumer-facing web and mobile applications ## Work Experience ### Principal Software Engineer @ Walmart Global Tech Jan 2020 – Present | Sunnyvale, California, United States ### Mobile Client Engineer/Web Engineer @ JoyRun, Inc Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | Redwood City, California, United States Architect and lead engineer of the JoyRun iOS/Android mobile client application (Ionic/Cordova hybrid app stack). Key features included community feed, chat rooms, gamification and loyalty programs. Worked with UI Design agency to establish design system for rapid feature development. Runtime application behavior configurable by community or market type. Extensive instrumentation of client app to inform product and customer success teams of user behavior and issues. Developed key features of the Merchant Business portal (React/NodeJS), used by our business partners, and our administration portal, used internal by dev ops, customer support and marketing. Developing an updated web app for JoyRun customers using latest React (hooks, providers, functional components). ### Nook Cloud Services / Sr. SW Engineer @ Barnes & Noble Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | Palo Alto, CA Managed tools and mobile-web development teams responsible for Merchandising, Catalog Mgmt, Nook Shop, and B&N Readouts. Engineering lead on Nook Shop development for all Nook devices and mobile clients (Backbone/Coffeescript/SASS). Developer on B&N Readouts for all Nook devices and mobile clients (Backbone/Coffeescript/SASS) as well as the toolchain for authoring and publishing of content (Rails 4/Ruby 2.1). Designed, developed and maintained the digital Merchandising tool/system (Rails 3.2/Ruby 1.9) used to create/manage the Nook Shop content/experience for all Nook devices and mobile clients from SimpleTouch to the latest Samsung tablets to the Android client. ### Engineering Manager @ Hewlett-Packard / Palm Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Sunnyvale, CA Engineering Manager for webOS developer portal and application catalog pipeline in HP webOS Cloud Services group. ### Technical Lead @ HP / Palm Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | Sunnyvale, CA Engineering lead for webOS developer portal and application catalog pipeline in HP webOS Cloud Services group. Our team is responsible for the http://developer.palm.com site, which supports the webOS developer community, as well as the submission/review/publishing pipeline for webOS applications. We have developed an architecture that can scale to handle millions of users and application submissions in an orderly manner consistently maintaining 3+ 9s uptime. The site, distributed workflow, and tools we develop are written in PHP/Zend Framework, with a dash of Ruby for color, using modern design principles, RESTful services, and distributed workflow agents for scalability. ### Principal Software Engineer @ WinWebExperts Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 Involved in engineering engagements with large corporations (e.g., Intuit, Palm) to design and develop custom engineering solutions based on client need. Contracts included work in PHP / Zend, C++, C# / .Net, Flex, Javascript, MySQL. ### Principal Engineer @ Services ByIQ LLC Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 Involved in engineering engagements with large corporations (e.g., Intuit, Sun, Intel, PayCycle) to design and develop custom engineering solutions based on client need. Contracts included work in .Net, Flex, Java, C++, PHP, and AJAX. ### Architect / Principal Engineer @ Intuit Jan 2007 – Jan 2007 Architect & Engineer on QuickBooks Performance Tuning team. Implemented several analysis and code generation tools using .Net 3.0. In addition, designed and led the implementation of an automated test case generation & execution system. Awarded Patent #7,552,420 (June 2009) Awarded Patent #7,246,361 (July 2007) ### Architect @ Intuit Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 Small Business Division Architect for inhouse tools development, automated testing platforms & tools, and SCM. ### Staff SW Engineer @ Intuit Jan 2001 – Jan 2005 QuickBooks development engineer responsible for large scale feature and infrastructure design, application build performance, application performance tuning, and swat team member for critical product issues. ### Senior SW Engineer @ Intuit Jan 1998 – Jan 2001 ### Senior SW Engineer @ Claris Corp Jan 1997 – Jan 1998 Lead developer of globalization solutions for FileMaker, HomePage, and ClarisWorks. ### SW Engineer @ Apple Computer Jan 1993 – Jan 1997 OpenDoc SDK engineer and technical lead on Apple branded components. ### Lead QA Engineer @ Apple Computer Jan 1989 – Jan 1993 Lead QA engineer for system 6.0.5 - 7.5 releases. Co-developed GUI automation tool for testing OS releases. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Oregon State University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/steve-smith-7705132 --- Source: https://flows.cv/stevesmith JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/stevesmith/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-12