Spencer Smith
Software Engineer at Square Inc
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSpencer Smith is a software engineer with a decade of experience building user-focused web platforms and frontend systems from startup to scale. He has shipped React-driven products at companies including Square, Stripe, Plaid, and SoFi, and founded Effortless Reviews to take a product from idea through deployment. Comfortable across the full stack, Spencer pairs practical frontend craftsmanship (A/B testing, Jest) with platform-level thinking on web infrastructure. Based in Salt Lake City, he blends entrepreneurial grit with product sensibility and a consistent focus on impact. An alumnus of the University of Utah, he quietly amplifies team velocity by turning complex requirements into polished, measurable features.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Utah
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
19,768reputation
11.3mreached
191answers
56questions
javascript
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docker
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react-router
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unit-testing
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Github Skills (145)
nodejs-application10
feather-icons10
ui-components10
svg10
javascript10
sdk10
reddit10
webapp10
html10
figma10
nodemon10
vue10
react-router10
square10
community-management10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
dotspencer/PlacesToPostYourStartup
Sep 2020 - Oct 2025
Compiled list of links from "Ask HN: Where can I post my startup to get beta users?"
Contributions:9 pushes in 5 years 2 months
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dotspencer/spencersmith.dev
Jul 2020 - May 2026
Contributions:6 PRs, 111 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 11 months
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