Summary
Jay Krauss is a multidisciplinary creator and software engineer with eight years of experience blending front-end development, technical teaching, and hands-on craftsmanship. Based in Virginia, he balances roles as a front-end engineer at Circle Graphics, a best-selling author, and the proprietor of Resolute Forge, an ABANA-recognized blacksmith and woodworking studio. His background includes SharePoint and web engineering, nonprofit senior development work supporting educational equity, and experience mentoring students as a web development teaching assistant. Comfortable shipping production UIs and shaping narratives, he brings a rare combination of digital product focus and analog making that informs pragmatic, user-centered solutions. Colleagues describe him as a "letters guy" who turns ideas into polished code, books, and forged artifacts.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Polysomnography, Certificate Polysomnography at Washington Metro Institute of Sleep Technology
Full Stack Web Developer Bootcamp Web Page Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design, Full Stack Web Developer Bootcamp Web Page Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design at University of Richmond
Valley Forge Military Academy