# Jesse Calton > Senior Frontend Developer at Dotdash Location: Oakland, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jessecalton "Everyone overestimates what you can do in a day and underestimates what you can do over the course of months or a year." - Coach Spo The marathon continues 🏁 ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer 1 @ People Inc. Jan 2023 – Present | Remote ### Frontend Developer @ People Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Remote ### Software Engineer @ Skillz Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States ✧ Spearheaded design and influenced development of Skillz' first REST API test automation framework in Ruby and Node.js, exemplifying object-oriented and DRY principles. ✧ Majority contributor of Ruby REST API automation scripts, culminating in 100% coverage of smoke test endpoints delivered ahead of schedule, reducing weekly manual testing hours from 20 to 1 over a six month period. ✧ Introduced error handling hooks and improved logging in code to pinpoint causes of server bugs, streamlining communication across engineering teams during time-sensitive deployments and development cycles. ✧ Developed Dockerized solution of Selenium tests for Skillz web services on Jenkins servers, eliminating potential environment failures during test running, resulting in increased deployment agility. ✧ Strengthened company-wide test case writing process throughout 10+ major feature releases by providing structured template, in addition to coordinating input and revisions from stakeholders and developers in establishing each feature's source of truth. ✧ Mentored interns and new hires with hands-on support, providing coding exercises relevant to team's tech stack and guidance with troubleshooting, inspiring and cultivating their talents into meaningful contributions. ### Jr. Software Developer @ IP Shark Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 ✧ As the first and only test engineer hired at the company, researched and implemented the first automated test suite for the IP Shark platform using Selenium, Python's Unittest framework, and MySQL. ✧ Optimized 100+ automated Python scripts for admin and user role test cases to be run headlessly in a Docker cloud instance, saving developers 1-2 hours of manual testing per week. ✧ Built out sitewide performance tests with easy-to-read results, allowing prospective and current clients to measure IP Shark's service against competitors. ### Coding Teacher @ Code Nation Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Oakland, CA ✧ Pioneered the 1st year of Code Nation (then ScriptEd, Inc.) education at Skyline High School, equipping a class of students in an under-resourced school with the fundamental coding skills and professional exposure to a future career in software engineering. ### Paralegal/Legal Assistant @ Cannata, O'Toole, Fickes & Alamzan LLP Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area ✧ Lead paralegal on several of the firm's major cases, many of which required mastery of the universe of documents and quick recall of important exhibits for use in pleadings and trial. ✧ Oversaw review of thousands of pages of client documents and transcripts with reports given to attorneys, saving $1,000+ of potential client costs and coming in under budget. ✧ Maintained and developed searchable document coding systems in collaboration with lead case attorneys, resulting in better efficiency of document review. ✧ Improved efficiency of filing procedures, creating less uncertainty in the filing process and thus preserving our reputation in front of the judge. ✧ Trained and instructed other staff members on the specifics of my expertise upon my departure from the firm. ### Customer Service Team Member @ Whole Foods Market Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Oakland, CA ✧ Took action to delegate tasks when urgent needs caught my eye, always making sure my customer service booth was in ship-shape if I was on duty. ✧ Generated a rapport with store leadership, collaborating during moments of difficult customer confrontation. ✧ A Jack of all trades, receiving special training and taking cross-shifts in the Floral and Specialty Departments to expand my horizons. ✧ Logged the highest score on my team in WFMU, an educational program for team members to learn about the company culture, the origins of many of the products, and the global outreach programs the company offers. ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English Language and Literature/Letters University of California, Berkeley Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 ### Dev Bootcamp Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 ### General Education in Music American River College Jan 2007 – Jan 2011 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jessecalton - Website: https://jessecalton.github.io/ - Website: https://medium.com/@jessecalton - Website: https://www.hackerrank.com/jessecalton --- Source: https://flows.cv/jessecalton JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jessecalton/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22