Summary
Adrienne Mcdonnell is a Senior Frontend Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building accessible, data-centric web applications and design systems, currently contributing to Swiftly’s connected transit platform. She combines deep front-end craft in JavaScript (vanilla, React, Vue, Node), HTML, and SCSS/CSS with a specialty in data visualizations and mapping—an expertise grounded in a Master’s in Urban Spatial Analytics. Adrienne has led design system adoption and CI/CD, authored foundational tooling and documentation at Elsevier, and completed an IAAP Web Accessibility Specialist certification, demonstrating a strong commitment to inclusive-first development. Pragmatic and curious, she pairs creative problem-solving with rigorous attention to detail and mentorship, actively supporting newcomers transitioning into tech. Her background spans hands-on geospatial analysis, visualization with d3 and Leaflet, and product-facing component stewardship—making her equally comfortable shipping polished UIs or diving into spatial data challenges.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Fashion Design, 3.91/4.0, Fashion Design, 3.91/4.0 at Pratt Institute
Germantown Friends School
Bachelor of Arts, Geography, Studio Art, 3.96/4.0, Bachelor of Arts, Geography, Studio Art, 3.96/4.0 at Macalester College
Master, Urban Spatial Analytics, 3.88/4.0, Master, Urban Spatial Analytics, 3.88/4.0 at University of Pennsylvania
Spanish