Christopher Smith

Software Engineer

United Kingdom

About

Specialises in designing, building and validating mobile app products in the UK. I help companies find Product Market Fit for new ideas OR crossing the chasm from early adopters to mainstream growth. I can build startup teams from the ground up to rapidly build and validate new products and services.

Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer at Zero Deposit
    Sep 2021 - Jun 2022 · 10 mos

  • Senior Mobile Developer at Naked Wines
    Mar 2021 - Jul 2021 · 5 mos

    Senior mobile developer hired to help scale mobile development across three countries and coach development teams in a cross-functional product approach.

  • Senior Software Engineer at Fictioneers Limited
    Jan 2019 - Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    As an experienced software engineer in a fledgling startup company I helped establish an effective, cross-functional product team and led the development of an ambitious cross-platform mobile app. With UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) funding as part of the Audience Of The Future programme, Potato embarked on a joint venture with two other companies. Our brief was to research and develop an immersive storytelling experience that utilises augmented reality technology. We partnered with Aardman Animations to build the "Big Fix Up" a new Wallace and Gromit story with original animated shorts, interactive AR experiences, comics and gameplay delivered via an Android and iOS app.

  • Developer at Potato
    Mar 2016 - Jan 2019 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    Potato is a leading London/San Francisco digital product agency. Their high profile clients include Google. As an engineer I led the development of robust and highly scalable web applications. I led cross-functional product teams, alongside design leads, focused on validating hypotheses through early prototypes and MVPs. We established value for users and cut out waste.

  • Developer at Hargreaves Lansdown
    Jun 2014 - Nov 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos