Jason Kraus

Fresno, United States

Summary

Languages:

English

Experience

Dec 2016 - Present
Bitwise Industries, Fresno CA
www.bitwiseindustries.com

  • LA Counts: https://www.lacounts.org/
    • Dataset curation backed by Django
    • Integrates with metadata APIs (ie DCAT, Socrata, ARCGis)
    • ElasticSearch indexing of datasets
  • Agricultural Planning Application
    • Plot beds on a lot geometry, mostly turfjs
    • Vue.js using GraphQL and Django
  • Devops: AWS, CircleCI, Docker, ECS


July 2013 - Nov 2016
Edit LLC, Fresno CA
www.editllc.com

  • Developer for Buildicus
    • Drag and drop website builder for small businesses
    • Client: React.js, flux, gulp, webpack, less
    • Server: Nodejs, socket.io express.js, with Docker deployment to AWS
  • Developer for Bioreactor
    • App to monitor and control bioreactors (digested plant waste into plastic precursor)
    • RaspberyPi for sensors and controls on individual reactors
    • Django management with Redis Pub/Sub for signaling


November 2008 - May 2013
Cuker Interactive, Solana Beach CA
www.cukeragency.com

  • Lead developer for Webcube
    • Flagship CMS & eCommerce product in Django
    • Integrated with 3rd party APIs for shipping, payments and taxes
    • Utilized 3rd party django libraries like django-tastypie and django-haystack
    • jQuery for special effects with noscript fallbacks
    • New Relic for detecting client errors
  • Wrote cluster management software for hosting Django sites on Amazon EC2
    • Centralized application log collection
  • Lead developer for uPro Golf
    • Django website would allow purchase of course data for use on a device
    • Python client would sync golf devices connected to a PC with the website
  • Various branding sites written in Django (DC Shoes, Rip Curl)


January 2007 - November 2007
Semdirector, San Diego CA
www.covario.com

  • Developed and executed test cases for an SEO auditing web application
  • Validated OLAP reporting with automated system written in Django

September 2005 - January 2007
Quality Vectors, San Diego CA

  • Wrote and executed manual tests for software driven devices (Schlage Electronic Locks)


March 2003 - July 2005
Archspace.org

  • Developed web based game using C++, MySQL & Linux
  • Implemented technologies relating to object persistence and game logic scripting

Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Backend Development, DevOps, Django, Django REST Framework, Elasticsearch, Gunicorn, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, ReactJS, Redis

Joined: September 2018