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Bio

Ambitious and passionate about designing and developing human-centered digital experiences, Jay Calderon blends clean visual design with thoughtful code to create apps and interfaces that not only function beautifully, but create accessibility.


With a strong foundation in user-centered design and modern web technologies, Jay thrives at the intersection of creativity, technology, and social good. He has worked with teams where he has contributed to client projects from discovery to deployment. Along the way, he honed his skills in leadership, agile collaboration, and empathetic problem-solving.


Jay works fluently across design and development tools, using Figma, and design systems to create clean, user-focused interfaces. On the development side, he builds responsive web and mobile apps with JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Tailwind CSS, React Native, and Swift, while collaborating with Git and GitHub.

Education

Mobile Application Design & Development @ Algonquin College

3.8 GPA, Honours List 3x, Elected Class Representative 2x

Sept 2023 - Apr 2025

Skills

JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js

Frontend

Node.js, Express, MongoDB, PostgreSQL

Backend

Figma, Adobe Illustrator

Design

React Native, Swift, Flutter

Mobile

Git, GitHub, Docker, AWS, Vercel, Firebase

Tools

Experience

UI/UX Designer & Researcher @ Lambton College

Jun 2025 - Present

Team Project Lead focused on Figma and Flutter @ Pyralume

Jan 2025 - Apr 2025

Freelance Web Developer & Designer

2023 - 2025