Amber Smith

Amber Smith has extensive work experience in the software engineering field. Amber started their career as a Director of Grant Development at Project Lead The Way in 2013 and held this position until 2014. After that, they worked as a Foundation & Corporate Relations Manager at Girls Inc. of Greater Indianapolis in 2014. In 2016, Amber joined Lessonly as a Software Engineer and worked there until 2018. Amber then worked as a Developer at DeveloperTown from 2018 to 2019. Amber then joined Springbuk as a Software Engineer in 2019 and was promoted to Sr. Software Engineer in 2020. Amber left Springbuk in 2021 and moved to Chromatic, where they worked as a Senior Software Engineer until the end of the year. Amber then joined Newsela as a Senior Software Engineer in 2022 and worked there until 2023. Currently, they are working as a Senior Software Engineer at Cured, starting in July 2023.

Amber Smith obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Philanthropic Studies from Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. Amber attended the university from 2008 to 2013. In 2016, they enrolled in The Iron Yard for a short period of time to study Front End Engineering, without obtaining a degree.