Experience

I have had the opportunity to work with these organizations, enjoying multi-disciplinary roles.

education

August 2015 - May 2019

IUPUI School of Informatics and Computing

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (BS) IN MEDIA ARTS AND SCIENCES

Experience

November 2021 - Present

Contra

Front End Engineer

Frontend at Contra ✨

June 2021 - September 2021

Maybe

UI Engineer; Contract

Project Lead: Functioned as Project Lead for multiple engineering endeavors; responsible for breaking down engineering tasks based on design and product requirements, lead collaboration between frontend and backend engineering team members to see project through successful completion

Design System: Contributed multiple reusable React components to design system; documented via storybook, covered with tests via Jest + React Testing Library

Processes + Documentation: Rewrote organization's code review process and code review process documentation; collaborated with engineering team members to iterate on process to reduce PR Time To Merge (TTM)

Code reviews: Participated in code review and approval for new product features, marketing properties, and design system growth/iteration

January 2021 - Present

Figure 🐟

Founder

Ideated, designed, and developed a SaaS application including features such as drag and drop interfaces, animations, shareable/public links, feature flags for paid users, user generated media optimizations and more

Currently doing market research and meeting with fine arts education professionals to determine the future of the application

May 2019 - July 2021

Element Three

UI Engineer; Full Time

Designed, developed, and maintained proprietary React UI library for headless website and application production

Wrote documentation for git workflows, code reviews, and patterns used in our React based projects; examples can be seen here, here, and here.

Led multiple design and engineering projects, leading various internal and external design and engineering team members

Collaborated with design teams to construct useful, useable, and desirable design solutions and took ownership of the design as it was implemented into reusable front end code

Advocated for design and engineering advancements that resulted in improved output quality

August 2018 - May 2019

Twenty Over Ten

Designer & Developer; Full Time

Took full ownership of client projects from discovery through website launch

Worked with copywriters and SEO team members to produce marketing and brand communication websites using the Twenty Over Ten platform

Fully designed and developed custom front end solutions to achieve client business goals

Assisted support team members in implementing custom front end solutions

Tested and identified both technical and user experience flaws within the Twenty Over Ten platform

contact meviaemail

jared@jared.to

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