Jelly Machine
A full-stack SaaS platform for creators and businesses. MERN architecture, real-time collaboration, production management at scale.
Explore the Ecosystem
Visual Builder
Drag-and-drop editor with themes, dark mode, and AI-assisted content
Jelly Boards
Production-aware Kanban with column actions and workflow gates
Production ERP Dashboard
Enterprise KPIs, job tracking, activity feeds, AI insights
Power Ups
Modular ecosystem: inventory, quotes, invoices, eCommerce
Real-Time
Socket.IO collaboration, notifications, live job progress
Cloud-Hosted
S3 + CloudFront at the edge, ECS Fargate app server
Infrastructure
- →Docker → ECR → ECS Fargate (99.9% uptime)
- →CloudFormation for infrastructure as code
- →Secrets Manager for secure credential injection
- →MongoDB with Mongoose and migrations
Quality & Testing
- →Jest: 2500+ tests across 100+ modules (API, hooks, UI)
- →Playwright E2E for critical workflows
- →GitHub Actions CI/CD gating every deploy
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6+ Years at Scale
Production-Grade Toolkit
Frontend
Backend & APIs
Databases
Cloud & DevOps
Testing
Tools
99.9%
Uptime
2500+
Unit Tests
6+
Years at Scale
Millions
Peak Monthly Traffic
The Builder
I'm a full-stack developer from Denver. I've spent 6+ years building things that actually need to work—React frontends that handle millions of users, backends that don't wake you up at 3 AM, infrastructure that doesn't catch fire.
At The Dallas Morning News, I built and scaled React apps serving millions of daily readers. That's where I learned what "production" really means: not just code that works, but code that works when it has to. I dealt with legacy systems, messy migrations, and CI/CD pipelines that made people nervous.
Now I'm building Jelly Machine. It started because I kept thinking: "There has to be a better way." So I'm building it. It's not perfect—software never is—but it's honest, it works, and it solves real problems.
I care about shipping things that feel good to use and don't crumble under pressure. That's it.
Education
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
B.S. Innovation in Computer Science • 2020
President's List (GPA 3.5+)
Jake Engelen
Full-Stack Developer & Founder
Let's Connect
Open to partnerships, projects, or a conversation about shipping great software.