Summary
Chelsey Mckinney is a software engineer with a decade of professional experience building full-stack web applications using the MERN stack, Ruby on Rails, and modern front-end tools like React and TailwindCSS. Based in the Twin Cities, she has contributed to public-sector digital services and nonprofit platforms—redesigning portals, improving accessibility and security, and producing maintenance and onboarding documentation that scales team impact. She speaks both English and Spanish fluently and has a background in education and program coordination, which informs her strengths in mentorship and running apprenticeship programs. Chelsey combines hands-on engineering with a knack for operationalizing support workflows and developer onboarding, and maintains a portfolio at www.chelseymckinney.com showcasing her work.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development Certificate, Full Stack Web Development Certificate at University of Minnesota College of Continuing & Professional Studies, Coding Bootcamp
Front-End Web Development Certificate, HTML5 + CSS3, Javascript, and JQuery, Front-End Web Development Certificate, HTML5 + CSS3, Javascript, and JQuery at Thinkful
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services at Earlham College
English, Spanish, Arabic