Jay Swanson
Software Engineer at Onit, Inc
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolJay Swanson is a software engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area with nine years of experience building full-stack applications using React, Redux, Node.js, Ruby on Rails, and both SQL and NoSQL databases. He thrives on visual simplicity and analogical thinking, translating complex problems into elegant, user-focused interfaces and robust backend services. His career includes roles at startups and scaleups—Jetfuel (acquired by Liftoff), Liftoff Mobile, and now Onit—where he's shipped production systems and led frontend-to-database integration work. A neuroscience BS turned developer via App Academy, Jay brings a unique blend of human-centered problem-solving and technical rigor. Off-duty he hikes with a camera, a habit that informs his design sensibility and attention to visual detail.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Neuroscience, Bachelor of Science - BS Neuroscience at University of PittsburghComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at App Academy
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Github Skills (3)
webapp5
javascript4
css4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jrswanson/ShutterStop
Apr 2019 - Jul 2019
Contributions:92 commits, 72 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
jrswanson/Slime-Garden
May 2019 - Jul 2019
Contributions:34 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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