Jenessa White
Senior Software Engineer at Self-employed
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJenessa White is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience crafting user-focused web and mobile interfaces, currently based in Aurora, Colorado. She blends front-end craftsmanship with practical product sense—migrating legacy Rails/Angular stacks to React, establishing design tokens, and contributing UI fixes to the popular react-native-elements library. Her work spans both agency and product environments, from rebuilding WordPress sites and improving performance as a freelancer to leading engineering teams and mentorship at Kit (formerly ConvertKit). Known for a strong eye for visual polish and usability, she pairs that with measurable improvements like faster load times and more consistent UI development patterns. Unusually for an engineer, she also brings a background in fitness coaching, reflecting a people-first approach to collaboration and mentorship.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Kinesiology and Sport Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Kinesiology and Sport Science at University of MinnesotaFront-End Engineering, Front-End Engineering at The Iron Yard
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Github Skills (10)
javascript10
cross-platform10
react-native10
ui-components10
react9
mobile-application9
html6
checkbox6
android5
ios5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
react-native-elements/react-native-elements
Feb 2017 - Nov 2017
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 2 PRs, 10 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Jenessa primarily contributed to the UI component implementations within the `react-native-elements` repository. Their work focused on modifying and updating the CheckBox and FeaturedTile components. This involved changes to styles, layout, and functionality, as well as incorporating updates to the icon types used within the components. Furthermore, the user addressed a specific image rendering issue.
reactreact-native-uireact-nativeandroidmobile-app
jenessawhite/Bulb-App
Dec 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:60 commits, 6 PRs, 48 pushes in 5 months
diyapplication-management
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