# Tristan Smith

> Senior Software Engineer @ Toast, Inc.

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/tristansmith

I am an extremely curious full-stack software engineer with a professional background in Search Engine Optimization, Business Automation, Marketing and Market Research.

As an engineer, my core focus is in making people’s lives easier. Be it in automating tedious tasks so that co-workers can have more time for critical analysis or in enabling users/clients via a strong user experience, my desire to empower fuels my curiosity. I have built up a variety of projects across the full-stack utilizing technologies like React (w/ React Hooks), Redux, Node, Python, PHP, Express, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, CassandraDB, MongoDB, Webpack, AWS, Google Cloud Platform and NGINX. Equally intrigued by the back and front end of the stack, I am meticulous in my optimizing every possible detail in a codebase taking into account not just functionality but maintainability, interpretability, and SEO as well.

In my spare time, I find myself always pursuing that next tidbit that will pique my interest so that I can bring it back to my personal projects. Most recently, I have been integrating services such as Asana and Google Calendar into a custom Slack bot. Beyond leveling up my professional skill base, I can be found singing, playing guitar/piano, producing music for friends and small local bands or reading a good book. 

I’m currently open to work and collaboration! Feel free to reach out to me directly here or via email at: tristan.an.smith@gmail.om

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Toast
Jan 2025 – Present | Boston, Massachusetts, United States

### Software Engineer II @ Toast
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States

### Software Engineer @ Toast
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States

### Wandrr - Hostel Booking (Backend Engineer) @ Software Engineering Applications
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
A hostel booking site built to allow users to reserve and search for hostel listings across the globe built using Node.js, React, Express, PostgreSQL, Jest, Enzyme, AWS

- Sped up response time from server 200% & increased server load capacity by ~250%
- Reduced Error rates under heavy loads by ~100%
- Restructured backend to enabled scalability and be specialized to the necessary use case

### Sauna - Digital Games Marketplace (Full-stack Engineer) @ Software Engineering Applications
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
A digital game storefront built to provide games, sales, & game bundles all easily navigable by users build with Node.js, React, Express, MySQL, MongoDB, Jest, Enzyme, AWS

- Implemented site proxy and improved page speed 100% following deployment. 
- Enabled extensible page structuring based on the content needs of game listings for stable code extensions.
- Utilized CSS Modules to incorporate styling through React/Webpack in a more traditionally interpretable way.

### Marketing Associate/Voice App Specialist @ Perficient Digital
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Framingham, MA
- Developed Voice Apps, in-house and launched the voice app product line
- Created Custom Voice Analytics Libraries for integration with Google Analytics/Segment.io/Adobe Analytics
- Built tools for misc search results reviews
- Implemented a tool to drastically expedite content migration accounts
- Support tools development team in implementing new tools
- Operationalized Voice Integration Development Process for future contracts
- Built & Maintained Media Contacts Database
- Built framework for managing large datasets for regular studies conducted

### Marketing Associate @ Stone Temple Consulting
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Framingham, MA
Stone Temple acquired by Perficient Digital - July 2018

### Growth and Inbound Marketing Intern @ TarDisk.com
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Cambridge, MA
- Sole dedicated marketing employee for ‘bootstrap startup’ company
- Maintained sales and website traffic of existing products using discount sales channels, blogs, YouTube, and keyword capture
- Designed initial campaigns for ‘MagC’ products: EPKs, Press Releases, Reviews, and Kickstarter, including graphic design and photography
- Designed brand for the Oceanus Brass collection and designed narratives to accompany brand and products.

### Electrical Engineering Co-op @ Rockwell Automation
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Chelmsford, MA
- Developed the leading compact industrial inductor sensor on the market
- Worked closely with the marketing team to define points of difference and excellence
- Analyzed data trends to determine the compensation mechanism for consistent readings
- Tested the implementation of I/O link as well as various coil sizes, temperatures, sensing distance/frequency, and material detection for design quality assurance.


## Education
### Software Engineering Intensive
Hack Reactor
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020

### Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA in Business Administration w/ a Concentration in Marketing
Northeastern University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2019


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tristan-an-smith
- GitHub: https://github.com/lennee

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Last updated: 2026-03-22