Brianna Mckissen
Co-Founder, Principal UX Engineer at Woogles.io
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrianna Mckissen is a product-minded software engineer and co-founder with nine years of experience building user-centric web applications and leading frontend teams from Portland, Oregon. As Principal UX Engineer at Woogles.io she blended technical leadership with nonprofit product design to launch a real-time competitive word game modeled on tournament Scrabble. At ExpertVoice she progressed to Senior SDE and manager roles, shipping complex React/Backbone frontends and driving UX strategy while balancing hands-on development and people leadership. Her skill set spans React, Backbone, Angular, HTML5/CSS and A/B testing, with a background in illustration that informs practical, polished interfaces. Comfortable toggling between management and individual contribution, she’s open to freelance side projects that leverage her blend of design sensibility and engineering rigor. Colleagues describe her as an engineer who thinks like a designer, turning ambiguous product needs into delightful, testable experiences.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
The University of UtahAssociate of Science (A.S.) Computer Science, Associate of Science (A.S.) Computer Science at Weber State University
Github Skills (7)
crossword10
truncate6
ellipsis6
clip5
react4
react-component3
numeric3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
woogles-io/liwords
Jul 2020 - Aug 2022
A site that allows people to play a crossword board game against each other
Contributions:83 reviews, 477 commits, 143 PRs in 2 years 1 month
crosswordboard-gamegameboard
atomiccupcake/react-truncate
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
ellipsisreact-componentreactmulti-linespans
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