Max Smith

Software Engineer

I’m a software engineer at Apple, based in the Bay Area.

Before that, I spent three years at PlayStation in San Francisco. I grew up in Iowa, where I started SeasonCast, a streaming platform for high school sports.

Max Smith, software engineer, on a terrace overlooking Carmel Bay, California, 2026

  1. Apple

    –now

    Software Engineer · Cupertino, California

  2. PlayStation

    –

    San Francisco, California

    Shipped features across React and React Native apps for web, mobile and desktop, and built a new full-stack PlayStation Network app.

    1. Software Engineer IIOct 2023–May 2025

    2. Software Engineer IJan–Oct 2023

    3. Software Engineer InternMay–Dec 2022

    Max Smith beside the PlayStation sign in 2022, the year he joined PlayStation

  3. SeasonCast

    –

    Founder · Ankeny, Iowa

    Live streaming for high school and youth sports on iOS, Android and the web. Designed and built all seven codebases, from the apps to a C++ media server.

    • 300,000+ monthly users
    • 6,000+ teams a year
    • 99.995% uptime, 3+ years

    First place, best student-owned business, Iowa State University, 2021.

    The SeasonCast website and its code on Max Smith’s monitor while he built it, 2020
    Building SeasonCast, 2020

  4. Iowa State University

    –

    B.S., Computer Science · Ames, Iowa

    Chapter president, Pi Kappa Alpha, 2021–2022.

    Internships

    • Hy-VeeSoftware Engineer Intern2021

      Product pages and search for the grocery site and app used across 245+ stores.

    • PolarisSoftware Developer Intern2020

      Wrote the NFC library that programs the emblem on 2022+ snowmobiles, RZRs and ATVs.

    • Tero InternationalSoftware Developer Intern2019

      Client onboarding and quiz tools in PHP and JavaScript.

    Max Smith in cap and gown at his Iowa State University graduation in Ames, Iowa, December 2022

  5. High school

    Through

    Ankeny, Iowa

    While in high school, I earned an A.A.S. in BIS from Des Moines Area Community College.

    Max Smith in high school, smiling by a pond in Iowa, 2016
  • Lake Tahoe and snowy mountains from the top of a ski run
  • Max Smith in a dark blazer against a gold art deco wall in Des Moines, Iowa
  • Mist in a snowy valley below the gondola at Whistler, British Columbia
  • Max Smith on the Marin Headlands above the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco
  • A red barn and grain bins on a green hill in western Iowa at dusk