# Jackson Gray

## Summary

Full-stack engineer with hands-on experience building and deploying production web applications using Next.js, Remix, and TypeScript on Vercel and Cloudflare. Proven ability to integrate AI/LLM APIs, implement semantic search with embeddings, and architect performant, scalable applications. Background in customer-facing environments sharpens ability to communicate technical concepts clearly across audiences.

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## Skills

TypeScript · JavaScript · React · Next.js · Remix · Python · C# · TailwindCSS · Vercel · Cloudflare · AWS · SQL · Postgres · AI Embeddings / NLP · REST APIs · JWTs · Git

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## Projects

**Sweing** — [swe.ing](https://swe.ing/) | TypeScript · Next.js · Postgres · AI Embeddings
Social platform for software engineers with AI-powered personalisation.
- Architected a scalable, performant application leveraging Next.js server-side rendering and server functions for optimal performance
- Implemented NLP embeddings to power semantic search and generate personalised user feed recommendations
- Maintained type safety and long-term code maintainability through strict TypeScript patterns

**Neuraly** — [neura.ly](https://neura.ly/) | TypeScript · Remix · TailwindCSS · Gemini API · JWTs
AI-integrated YouTube-style platform for educational video consumption.
- Integrated Google Gemini API to deliver a contextual chatbot experience, enabling users to converse about video content in real time
- Designed a secure, cookie- and JWT-based authentication flow balancing performance with application security

**Sunwatch** — [sunwat.ch](https://sunwat.ch/) | TypeScript · Remix · TailwindCSS · Mapbox
Sunrise/sunset rating app serving a live global audience.
- Scaled platform to handle 45,000+ requests and 1,200+ unique visitors per month across 64 countries (197,000+ total visitors)
- Engineered data interpolation pipeline on top of the open-meteo API to surface human-readable forecast ratings
- Built backend validation system securing image upload workflows against misuse
- Integrated Mapbox for interactive global exploration of user-submitted content

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## Experience

**Quality Inspector** — Pratt & Whitney, North Berwick, ME
*02/2025 – Present*
- Applied precision measurement and systematic documentation to verify dimensional conformance, building habits of rigorous technical accuracy under compliance requirements

**Line Cook** — The Goldenrod, York, ME
*04/2019 – Present*
- Coordinated across multiple teams under high-pressure conditions to deliver consistent outcomes for hundreds of customers daily, developing strong communication and stakeholder-management skills
- Contributed off-hours improvement efforts that supported the restaurant's sustained 4.5-star rating

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## Education

**BS, Computer and Electrical Engineering** *(Honors, expected 2029)*
University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME

**Full-Stack Development Certificate** — React, Next.js, Python *(May 2024)*
Flatiron School, Denver, CO

**Programming Coursework** — C# (GPA 3.85) *(08/2023 – 12/2023)*
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

**CS50x – Introduction to Computer Science** *(10/2023)*
Harvard Online

Jackson Gray

Summary

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Skills

TypeScript · JavaScript · React · Next.js · Remix · Python · C# · TailwindCSS · Vercel · Cloudflare · AWS · SQL · Postgres · AI Embeddings / NLP · REST APIs · JWTs · Git

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Projects

Sweing — swe.ing | TypeScript · Next.js · Postgres · AI Embeddings
Social platform for software engineers with AI-powered personalisation.
- Architected a scalable, performant application leveraging Next.js server-side rendering and server functions for optimal performance
- Implemented NLP embeddings to power semantic search and generate personalised user feed recommendations
- Maintained type safety and long-term code maintainability through strict TypeScript patterns

Neuraly — neura.ly | TypeScript · Remix · TailwindCSS · Gemini API · JWTs
AI-integrated YouTube-style platform for educational video consumption.
- Integrated Google Gemini API to deliver a contextual chatbot experience, enabling users to converse about video content in real time
- Designed a secure, cookie- and JWT-based authentication flow balancing performance with application security

Sunwatch — sunwat.ch | TypeScript · Remix · TailwindCSS · Mapbox
Sunrise/sunset rating app serving a live global audience.
- Scaled platform to handle 45,000+ requests and 1,200+ unique visitors per month across 64 countries (197,000+ total visitors)
- Engineered data interpolation pipeline on top of the open-meteo API to surface human-readable forecast ratings
- Built backend validation system securing image upload workflows against misuse
- Integrated Mapbox for interactive global exploration of user-submitted content

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Experience

Quality Inspector — Pratt & Whitney, North Berwick, ME
02/2025 – Present
- Applied precision measurement and systematic documentation to verify dimensional conformance, building habits of rigorous technical accuracy under compliance requirements

Line Cook — The Goldenrod, York, ME
04/2019 – Present
- Coordinated across multiple teams under high-pressure conditions to deliver consistent outcomes for hundreds of customers daily, developing strong communication and stakeholder-management skills
- Contributed off-hours improvement efforts that supported the restaurant's sustained 4.5-star rating

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Education

BS, Computer and Electrical Engineering (Honors, expected 2029)
University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME

Full-Stack Development Certificate — React, Next.js, Python (May 2024)
Flatiron School, Denver, CO

Programming Coursework — C# (GPA 3.85) (08/2023 – 12/2023)
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

CS50x – Introduction to Computer Science (10/2023)
Harvard Online