Jared Salzano portrait

Hi. I'm a front-end-leaning full-stack developer with 8+ years of experience shipping maintainable, high-performance web apps for fast-moving startups, creative agencies, and FAANG & Fortune 50 companies. I take ownership of projects from planning to deployment, collaborate effectively across teams, and love solving complex technical challenges. Lately, I've been exploring LLMs and emerging AI cloud services.

I'm actively looking for a full-time role at a thoughtful, purpose-driven startup—NYC or remote—as a senior front-end or full-stack developer. I'm also currently taking on select freelance projects, always excited to work with new people on fresh challenges.

You can see my full resume here.

Experience

Huge Inc. logo

Huge Inc. & Elephant

I've been fortunate to work with sister companies Huge Inc. & Elephant on a variety of contract projects. Each engagement has brought new challenges, creative problem-solving, and the opportunity to collaborate with talented designers, developers, and strategists.

Blackstone

Blackstone

Created an animated banner ad generator and produced ad variants for a high-impact Google Ads campaign.

OpenAI - Interactive Articles

OpenAI - Interactive Articles

Built interactive widgets showcasing DALL-E and GPT-3, published alongside articles on openai.com.

Elephant.is Website

Elephant.is Website

Contributed to Elephant.is, the agency's website.

Comcast (Xfinity, Peacock)

Comcast (Xfinity, Peacock)

Evolved Peacock prototypes in React Native for tvOS, guided by usability testing. Also built an in-store iPad experience deployed to 600+ Xfinity retail locations.

Apple

Apple

Worked on apple.com/tv-pr — found performance bottlenecks, phased out legacy tooling, and collaborated with Apple's CMS team on API design. Also worked on an internal tool, delivering glassmorphism and WebGL shader effects.

Direct Client Work

Over the years, I've worked with a range of companies and organizations on projects spanning web development, design systems, and creative technology.

The Luupe - Photography Platform

The Luupe - Photography Platform

Built a full-featured web platform and marketing blog for a global marketplace empowering hundreds of women and non-binary photographers across 50 countries to connect with brands like Sweetgreen, Peloton, and Facebook.

Thought Catalog Agency - Agency Website

Thought Catalog Agency - Agency Website

Developed a visually compelling agency website featuring unconventional layouts and animated infographics, built with Tailwind CSS to maintain design integrity across all screen sizes.

Studio Apartment - Design Studio Website

Studio Apartment - Design Studio Website

Built a design studio portfolio website using Jekyll and CSS Grid, generating case studies from Markdown files with responsive image loading for optimal performance.

Dojobase - Professional Community Platform

Dojobase - Professional Community Platform

A professional community platform where users could create sub-communities specific to their industry, featuring sophisticated user access management, role-based permissions, and a fully-featured, Reddit-like discussion forum.

Linode - Style Guide Website

Linode - Style Guide Website

Created a style guide website documenting Linode's design system, providing developers and editors with copy-pasteable, zero-dependency code blocks for maintaining consistency across their pages.

Tolli - Artist Networking App

Tolli - Artist Networking App

Built an artist networking app designed to help creatives connect and collaborate on projects, prioritizing security considerations like content moderation and user privacy.

Moni Jar - Mobile Savings App

Moni Jar - Mobile Savings App

Led development of a mobile app designed to let people collaboratively save money in a shared virtual savings jar for things like vacations, gifts, and events.

826CHI - 2016 Annual Report

826CHI - 2016 Annual Report

This 2016 annual report for Chicago nonprofit 826CHI showcases the organization's work supporting students in developing their writing skills and helping teachers inspire their students to write.

826CHI - 2017 Annual Report

826CHI - 2017 Annual Report

This 2017 annual report for Chicago nonprofit 826CHI showcases the organization's work supporting students in developing their writing skills and helping teachers inspire their students to write.

Passion Projects

"Jared was a pleasure to work with at our shared time at Elephant. We worked alongside each other with a wide range of web technologies, including React and React Native. I could count on Jared to raise important UX, engineering and feasibility considerations. Any team would be lucky to have him."

Brittney Kernan

Team Leader & Software Engineer at Notion

"Jared is one of the most creative and determined developers you will ever meet. He brings an all-world mindset to his programming, and is unflappable against challenges and roadblocks as they come up. He is an excellent choice for a development project."

Adam Spunberg

Global Head of Operations, 100+ Accelerator, AB InBev

"Jared was a smart choice to develop my personal portfolio. He accomplished all the things I was worried wouldn't work and was very patient with all my questions and feedback! He was very responsive and quick with updates. He even met with me in person to show me how to use the custom template he built in WordPress. The project met my vision and I am very happy with it. Thank you!"

Denise M.

Graphic design portfolio client

"Jared was an outstanding software engineer on our team—technically sharp, collaborative, and always focused on delivering high-quality solutions. He consistently took initiative to solve complex problems and improve our product experience, often going above and beyond expectations. Any team would be lucky to have Jared's combination of technical excellence and strong communication skills."

David Skara

Product Manager at Elephant

"Incredibly professional and nice guy to work with. Genuinely went above and beyond the product requirements."

Avi Muchnick

Cofounder of Aviary (acquired by Adobe)

"Jared was easy to get a hold of and plan out the project with. He was flexible as we had to change things around mid-project and stuck to timelines and budget."

Zach Holub

Physical therapy website client

"Jared has been a great resource for our firm. He promptly executes on updates to our site and is a pleasure to work with."

Susie Baker

spearstreetcapital.com

Huge / Elephant (contracts for NBC, Apple, OpenAI, Comcast, Blackstone)

2018-2026

Global design and technology agency; part of Interpublic Group (IPG)

  • NBC
    • Evolved Peacock prototypes through multiple development cycles informed by usability testing sessions. Built with React Native for tvOS
  • Apple
    • Phased out legacy tooling on apple.com/tv-pr, identified build-time bottlenecks responsible for 50% of code bundle, and introduced flexibility through generic, composable functions; coordinated API design with Apple's internal CMS team
    • Navigated browser rendering limitations to deliver glassmorphism and WebGL shader effects to exacting standards
  • OpenAI
    • Built interactive widgets showcasing DALL-E and GPT-3 and published them alongside blog articles on openai.com
  • Comcast / Xfinity
    • Developed in-store iPad experience deployed to 600+ Xfinity retail locations to standardize information delivery and drive conversion
    • Built internal web app with PostgreSQL, GraphQL, and Next.js for data-driven project prioritization via employee ratings
  • Blackstone
    • Created animated banner ad generator that produced responsive variants replicating video content for high-impact Google Ads campaign

Linode (contract)

2021

Cloud hosting provider

  • Created UI library with documentation site to enable team to embed UI elements anywhere without dependencies

Dojobase (contract)

2018-2020

Professional community platform

  • Architected and built full-scale MVP featuring sophisticated access management, protected resources, content creation tools, and discussion board

Hugo & Marie (contract)

2019

Creative agency and artist bureau; clients include Gucci, Nike, and Rihanna

  • Built fund page templates for Aperture Investors to optimize complex financial data presentation, driving investor engagement

Utility NYC · Lead Web Developer

2018

Mobile and Web development agency

  • Resolved performance bottlenecks and created stages in a gamified enterprise healthcare app for MacOS and Windows (Electron)
  • Built Women Deliver conference website connecting thousands of delegates from 115+ countries advocating for gender equality and women's health
  • Resolved Android compatibility issues across a React Native college navigation app originally developed for iOS

Other contract work

  • Built and shipped multiple iterations of The Luupe's marketing blog, establishing initial online presence, and contributed to buildout of their creative marketplace
  • Scaffolded and shipped schoolmealscoalition.org for the UN World Food Programme, supporting coordination across 100+ member countries and 130+ partners

Passion projects

2015–Present
  • Gamified call-and-response music practice tool that listens to what you play (link)
  • JavaScript side-scrolling platform game (link)
  • Website for browsing and listening to classic concert recordings dating back to 1920 (link)
  • Music player that builds dynamic browsing experience from metadata extracted from filenames in cloud storage (link)
  • Multilingual thesaurus for language-learning word-a-day app

Preferred development tools: React, React Native, TypeScript, Next.js, Tailwind, GraphQL, Electron, GCP, PostgreSQL

Education: University of Pittsburgh, B.A. English Writing — Dean's List 2013-15

Let's work together

I'm actively looking for a full-time role at a thoughtful, purpose-driven startup—NYC or remote—as a senior front-end or full-stack developer. I'm also currently taking on select freelance projects, always excited to work with new people on fresh challenges.

Contact me