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Jonathan Smith

Senior Web Developer

Innovative, task-driven professional with 8+ years in web design and development across diverse industries. Strong record of identifying tech needs, shipping features, and hardening performance/security.

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Career

Experience

Impactful roles & highlights

04/2015 - Present
ClearWater Cloud Systems & Technologies · Remote

Java Developer

Java EE Kubernetes Grafana
- Utilized Java Enterprise, Java Bean, Java EE, and Apache Struts Web application
- Enforced an innovative approach to improve the client web reporting
- Supervised and led a team of 10+ junior java developers
+18% throughput -22% incidents
02/2011 – 03/2015
Easy Stream International · Zurich, CH

Back-End Java Developer

Java Microservices Oracle
- Took part in scheduled development meetings to recommend relevant systems
- Spearheaded the software product definition
- Innovated phone devices by developing new software
API latency -30%
02/2007 – 01/2011
SwipeWire Inc. · Berlin, DE

Assistant Systems Engineer

API Gateway CI/CD
- Aided in overseeing the transition of the commerce API to microservices
- Coordinated with experienced Systems Engineers and other professionals
- Provided expert support in developing and implementing effective technical solutions

Showreel

Projects

Selected work with stack highlights

2024 Product

E-Commerce Revamp

Headless storefront with Next.js and GraphQL, shipping 18% faster checkout and +12% conversion.

Next.js Tailwind GraphQL Stripe

Live Repo

2023 Open Source

Observability Kit

Self-hosted metrics/logs/alerts bundle with Terraform modules for small teams.

Terraform Prometheus Grafana Loki

Repo

Strengths

Skills

Tools, stacks, specialties

Framework

React

Next.js

SpringBoot

jQuery

AngularJS

System

Linux

AWS

CI/CD

PostgreSQL

MariaDB

MongoDB

Certificates

Java EE

Java Beans

Languages

Javascript

JAVA

C/C++/C#

Learning

Education

2013 – 2017

Master of Science in Informatics, University of My MIT

Focus: Software Engineering, Architecture, Quality, Web tech, Information security

2011 – 2013

Bachelor of Science in Informatics, University of My MIT

Focus: Software Engineering, Architecture, Quality, Web tech, Information security

Feedback

Testimonials

John Doe

CEO at Example Inc.

“This is the best service I've ever used!”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Jane Smith

Marketing Manager at ABC Corp.

“Highly recommended for anyone looking for great quality!”

★ ★ ★ ★

CTO, ClearWater

“Jonathan ships production-ready features with clean, testable code.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Team Lead

Lead Engineer

“Consistent on delivery and strong on mentorship.”

★ ★ ★ ★

Beyond work

Interests

Sports

Running Basketball

Books

Comics Mangas