Jay Puntham-baker
Founder at Thermal Capital
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJay Puntham-baker is a New York–based software engineer and founder with a decade of experience building high-traffic frontends, full-stack systems, and developer-facing products. He co-founded GitPOAP (raising $4M) and led its engineering and ops, shipping credentialing tooling with Next.js, TypeScript, React, Node, and AWS while scaling an engineering team. His open-source contributions include integrating a GitPOAP provider into Passport (a well-known decentralized identity project), demonstrating both UI finesse and backend integration skills. More recently he founded Thermal Capital to run systematic equity strategies and has been exploring MEV, DeFi security, and GitPOAP Pages, blending hands-on engineering with product, crypto, and quant trading interests. Jay pairs broad startup experience—from fundraising and legal to hiring and coding—with a practical academic background in materials science and economics.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.S Materials Science and Engineering; B.A. Economics; Minor in Technology and Management, Engineering, B.S Materials Science and Engineering; B.A. Economics; Minor in Technology and Management, Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignFreehold Borough High School
English, German, Japanese
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Github Skills (13)
apim10
typescript10
typescripts10
api10
front-end-development10
react10
typescript-types10
jestjs9
jes9
jtest9
context-api9
vimeo-api6
post6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
passportxyz/passport
Aug 2022 - Aug 2022
Passport allows users to prove their identity through a secure, decentralized UI
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 1 comment in 1 day
Contributions summary:Jay implemented and integrated a GitPOAP (Git Protocol Object Achievement Protocol) provider into the passport application. This involved creating a new provider class, adding related UI components like a GitPOAPCard, and modifying the application's context and provider configurations. The user also addressed API construction issues to ensure the correct functionality of the GitPOAP integration. They added tests for the GitPOAPCard component to verify the integration.
securedecentralizedproveidentitypassport
peebeejay/ClosestCitibike
May 2016 - May 2017
Returns closest Citibike docks / stations based on geolocation to website or chatbot
Contributions:115 commits, 3 PRs, 128 pushes in 11 months
returnsclosestrouteroscitibikenapalm
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