Jason Kraus
Full Stack Engineer at Focal
Fresno, California, United States
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Top SchoolJason Kraus is a full stack engineer with 16 years of professional experience who blends pragmatic engineering with systems thinking to improve how teams build software. He has delivered end-to-end systems across domains from GIS and urban planning to lab automation at Apple, improving observability, performance, and deployment reliability while formalizing APIs and schemas to reduce defects. A steady open-source contributor on backend projects like graphene-django and SOAP/WSDL tooling, he focuses on robust data models, type safety, and serialization correctness. Jason pairs technical craft—containerization, telemetry, and optimized data flows—with process tools such as Toyota Kata, Wardley Mapping, and Event Storming to elevate intentional communication and psychological safety in teams. Based in Fresno, CA, he often translates complex stakeholder needs into concrete examples and repeatable workflows that reduce cycle time and unexpected outcomes.
16 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at San Diego State University
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Github Skills (33)
wsdl10
python10
django10
checkbox10
wpgraphql10
soap10
api10
wordpress-graphql10
graphene10
xml10
graphql10
react10
enums9
xml-schema9
rest-framework9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
graphql-python/graphene-django
Mar 2019 - Mar 2021
Build powerful, efficient, and flexible GraphQL APIs with seamless Django integration.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 67 reviews, 17 commits in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the backend functionality of the `graphene-django` library. They implemented and refined the `get_queryset` method for `DjangoObjectType`, enabling custom filtering and authorization logic. Furthermore, the user worked on converting Django ChoiceFields to enums for enhanced type safety and improved integration with REST framework serializers. They also refactored and optimized existing code related to Django filters and connection fields.
djangographql-apigraphenepythongraphql
arskom/spyne
May 2010 - May 2010
A transport agnostic sync/async RPC library that focuses on exposing services with a well-defined API using popular protocols.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the `soaplib` library, focusing on WSDL parsing and type definition enhancements. Their commits implemented and refined XML schema parsing capabilities, adding support for decimal and date data types. They also addressed issues related to WSDL parsing and improved the overall robustness of the library's type handling and serialization features.
asyncrpc-librarypythonsoapmsgpack
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