Jay Zelenkov
Builder at Stealth Startup
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJay Zelenkov is a product-minded software engineer and founder with 11 years of experience building revenue-driving systems and early-stage products, currently focused on real-time generative AI video avatars. He led high-impact initiatives at Google—launching a CRM assignment system for 120K+ Ads customers and backend work for an Auto Apply Recommendations tool used by millions—that tied technical execution to monetization. Jay combines hands-on full-stack craftsmanship (from front-end UI testing contributions to performance wins at eBay.de) with startup grit, having scaled features and data pipelines at seed-stage companies and as an independent contractor. His background blends an MBA from UCLA/HEC Paris with deep engineering roots from Hochschule München, enabling him to bridge product, growth, and technical delivery. An often-overlooked strength is his focus on robust testing and UI interaction fidelity, evidenced by targeted open-source commits to the jQuery-contextMenu project.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at UCLA Anderson School of ManagementBachelor's, Computer Science, Bachelor's, Computer Science at Hochschule München University of Applied SciencesMBA International Exchange, MBA International Exchange at HEC Paris
English, German, Russian, Estonian
Github Skills (6)
html10
jquery-plugin10
javascript10
jquery10
testing10
css9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
swisnl/jQuery-contextMenu
Nov 2014 - Feb 2015
jQuery contextMenu plugin & polyfill
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:24 commits, 13 PRs, 1 push in 3 months
Contributions summary:Jay's commits primarily involve adding and modifying integration tests, specifically focusing on demo pages within the jQuery contextMenu plugin. The changes include adding tests for submenus, custom commands, and input-based menus, demonstrating a focus on ensuring the plugin's functionality across various use cases. The user's work ensures the proper functionality of the UI and interactive elements, providing robust testing of various features. The commits include testing HTML structure and CSS elements to test and validate user interactions.
jquerypolyfillcontextmenujavascripthtml5
jayzelenkov/til
May 2015 - Apr 2017
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch, 3 issues in 1 year 11 months
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