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I'm Michelle Austria Fernandez, a Full-Stack Engineer with 10+ years of experience building high-performance, user-centric web applications. I specialize in React, JavaScript, TypeScript, and modern frontend architectures, and I’m passionate about inclusive design, accessibility, developer experience, and mentoring teammates. I've led initiatives that scale both product and engineering culture, partnered with design, product, and external teams to deliver high-impact user experiences, and driven improvements in performance and accessibility. In roles at Maven Clinic and Condé Nast, I built reusable components, defined roadmaps, and refined processes to boost team velocity and delivery consistency.…I'm Michelle Austria Fernandez, a Full-Stack Engineer with 10+ years of experience building high-performance, user-centric web applications. I specialize in React, JavaScript, TypeScript, and modern frontend architectures, and I’m passionate about inclusive design, accessibility, developer experience, and mentoring teammates. I've led initiatives that scale both product and engineering culture, partnered with design, product, and external teams to deliver high-impact user experiences, and driven improvements in performance and accessibility. In roles at Maven Clinic and Condé Nast, I built reusable components, defined roadmaps, and refined processes to boost team velocity and delivery consistency.

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I'm Michelle Austria Fernandez, a Full-Stack Engineer with 10+ years of experience building high-performance, user-centric web applications. I specialize in React, JavaScript, TypeScript, and modern frontend architectures, and I’m passionate about inclusive design, accessibility, developer experience, and mentoring teammates. I've led initiatives that scale both product and engineering culture, partnered with design, product, and external teams to deliver high-impact user experiences, and driven improvements in performance and accessibility. In roles at Maven Clinic and Condé Nast, I built reusable components, defined roadmaps, and refined processes to boost team velocity and delivery consistency.…I'm Michelle Austria Fernandez, a Full-Stack Engineer with 10+ years of experience building high-performance, user-centric web applications. I specialize in React, JavaScript, TypeScript, and modern frontend architectures, and I’m passionate about inclusive design, accessibility, developer experience, and mentoring teammates. I've led initiatives that scale both product and engineering culture, partnered with design, product, and external teams to deliver high-impact user experiences, and driven improvements in performance and accessibility. In roles at Maven Clinic and Condé Nast, I built reusable components, defined roadmaps, and refined processes to boost team velocity and delivery consistency.

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I’m Michelle Austria Fernandez, a Full-Stack Engineer with 10+ years of experience building high-performance, user-centric web applications. I specialize in React, JavaScript, TypeScript, and modern frontend architectures, and I’m passionate about inclusive design, accessibility, developer experience, and mentoring teammates.

I’ve led initiatives that scale both product and engineering culture, partnered with design, product, and external teams to deliver high-impact user experiences, and driven improvements in performance and accessibility. In roles at Maven Clinic and Condé Nast, I built reusable components, defined roadmaps, and refined processes to boost team velocity and delivery consistency.

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Work Experience

Senior Front End Engineer at Maven Clinic

October 2, 2024 - October 16, 2025

Returned to IC role and continued frontend development on new and existing platform features; contributed to localization and translation initiatives; resolved critical accessibility issues to meet WCAG compliance ahead of a major partner launch.

Engineering Manager at Maven Clinic

March 2, 2024 - October 16, 2025

Managed a full-stack team building the platform for Maven’s Homepage, Content, and Community Forums; defined roadmaps balancing technical debt reduction with user engagement and retention OKRs; integrated and improved sprint processes to enhance team velocity and delivery consistency; maintained high engagement ratings from direct reports.

Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead at Maven Clinic

August 2, 2022 - October 16, 2025

Served as Tech Lead for the Content and Community team; coordinated phased rollouts with cross-functional teams to ensure feature parity and accessibility; championed performance audits and accessibility improvements across core user flows; implemented feature flags and A/B testing infrastructure to support rapid iteration.

Senior Software Engineer II at Maven Clinic

September 2, 2020 - October 16, 2025

Modernized legacy frontend codebase by introducing React Hooks and TypeScript adoption; led frontend Engineering ERG for knowledge sharing and accessibility; defined frontend architecture strategy, component libraries with Storybook, and CI/CD improvements; built reusable components and standardized UI patterns to accelerate velocity.

Frontend Engineer at Conde Nast (Glamour, Vogue, GQ)

October 2, 2018 - October 16, 2025

Developed and maintained high-traffic editorial websites using React, Node.js, and custom CMS platforms; created modular, accessible UI components in Storybook; led Glamour.com’s HTTPS transition and collaborated with infra, design and editorial teams to ensure WCAG compliance; contributed to shared services for Google AMP, media embeds, and newsletters.

Frontend Engineer at World Now

March 2, 2014 - October 16, 2025

Built and maintained responsive frontend features for local and national news sites; developed custom modules per client specifications and ensured UI consistency across brands; collaborated with product and design teams on feature launches and QA.

Intern at Dream It Ventures

August 1, 2013 - October 16, 2025

Supported multiple early-stage startups by developing iOS apps, re-architecting mobile UIs, setting up AWS infrastructure, and building data scraping scripts using Python, PHP, and JavaScript.