Marlena Baker
A developer with a background in UX Design, Project Management, and Education. I have a passion for delivering robust, performant, and accessible applications to meet user and business needs.
About
A developer with a background in UX Design, Project Management, and Education. I have a passion for delivering robust, performant, and accessible applications to meet user and business needs. I bring with me the experience and drive to quickly learn and get up to speed on whatever I’m working on. I always put emphasis on being a teammate that helps everyone do their best work and grow as I work with them.
In addition to the the roles listed in my experience, I have contributed to my previous employers and the developer community in the following ways:
Projects
A11y Contribution Event Proposal
Planned and proposed an event for instructors to help improve the A11y of our applications while learning about making accessible apps
Career Track Mentorship Pilot
Pitched and planned a one year pilot for internal career mentoring for underrepresented groups in tech
Community
Co-organizer, DenverScript Meetup June 2023 - Present
Organize, lead, and present at meetups; maintain online presence of meetup
Co-organizer, Denver Vue.js Meetup July 2017 - March 2023
Organize meetings, source speakers, and present about Vue.js
DEI Committee Member, App Academy June 2022 - March 2023
Gathered employee feedback on committee events, wrote proposal for resources to increase A11y of applications
DEI Council Member, Quizlet July 2021 - March 2022
Collected, anonymized, and synthesized minority employee feedback; led council readings and discussions; planned mentorship program
Frontend Guild Leader, HomeAdvisor Oct 2018 - Aug 2019
Set code style guidelines; trained all guild members on new standards and tooling; iterated on interview process; coordinated team building events
- Joined February 2024
Skills· 44
Tailwind
JavaScript
HTML5
Github
TypeScript- Microsoft Office
- LMS
- SEO
CSS
UI
PostgreSQL- Affinity Publisher
Affinity Photo
Affinity Designer- React JS
Express- API
- SQL
- MongoDB
Figma
Amazon Web Services
PHP
Jira
Adobe Illustrator
bash
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign- XML
.NET
Twilio- WebKit
- Google API
- Socket.IO
Docker
MySQL- SaaS
jQuery- Web Design
Kubernetes- Zapier
Bootstrap
Kotlin
- Elasticsearch
C++
Languages
- EnglishFluent
Industry experience
- Education
- Software & Internet
Education
Concentration in Communication Design
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