Reuben Smith in

Reuben Smith

Login to view DISC.
Sr. Software Engineer at wikiHow
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Reuben is a Sr. Software Engineer at wikiHow, serving as the go-to expert for server scaling and responsiveness. He has extensive experience with the LAMP stack and holds a BMath from the University of Waterloo and a Masters from the University of Ottawa. Colleagues describe him as smart, creative, and hardworking.

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Reuben is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys running, hiking, biking, and skiing. He also has a passion for travel and is a cat owner.

His early career was spent developing software in Java and C/C++ for pioneering mobile platforms like Blackberry and Palm devices.

Read the full overview →
Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Sr. Software Engineer
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Reuben shows up

Communication Style
Decision Approach
Work Preference

Behavioral traits and communication patterns that shape how this person evaluates opportunities, builds trust, and makes decisions in professional settings.

Login to view personality overview.
Priorities

Topics Reuben cares about

Server Scalability
Serves as the primary expert on server architecture, scaling, and responsiveness in his role at a web startup.
LAMP Stack
Possesses extensive experience with the full LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Python/Perl) software stack in a professional web development environment.
+5 more topics Login to view topics
Career

Work history

10-2009
Sr. Software Engineer
wikiHow
1-2006 - 9-2009
Team Lead: Site Development
Fliptrack
5-2003 - 8-2003
Software Engineer
Seven Networks
8-2002 - 2-2003
Software Developer
Zucotto Wireless
5-1999 - 1-2001
Software Developer
Research in Motion
In the press

Media appearances

No media yetWe could not find public media appearances for this person.
Education
1998 - 2003
BMath
University of Waterloo
2003 - 2005
Masters
University of Ottawa
Social presence
in
Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

DISC behavioral profile

Dominance, influence, steadiness, and calculativeness scores with guidance on how this person prefers to communicate and decide.

Login to view DISC.

Other wikiHow Employees

Explore more public profiles from related professionals.

More profiles

Discover additional public profiles from our index.

Unlock the full playbookSee exactly how to sell to Reuben. Free, 10 seconds.