Jennifer Shehane
Head Of Product at Cypress.io
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJennifer Shehane is a product leader and cofounder of Cypress with 13 years of engineering experience, now serving as Head of Product from Atlanta. A longtime engineer turned manager, she led teams that built the open-source Cypress App—responsible for millions of weekly npm downloads—and scaled product and UX work across desktop, web, and CI environments. She blends hands-on front-end development and test automation expertise with product strategy, having contributed code, documentation, and example test suites that shape how teams trust and ship software. Her background in industrial design informs a pragmatic focus on usability and reliable developer experience. Known for moving between writing tests, rewriting UI components, and managing engineering teams, she makes quality a predictable part of delivery. Colleagues rely on her ability to translate complex testing needs into polished, maintainable product features.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Industrial Design, Industrial Design at Georgia Institute of TechnologyKennesaw State University
English
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Github Skills (30)
e2e-testing10
javascript10
cypress10
e2e-test10
testing10
css10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
automated-tests10
react10
documentation10
test-automation10
chai9
mochajs9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
cypress-io/cypress-documentation
Sep 2017 - May 2022
Cypress Documentation for the Cypress App, API, Cypress Cloud, UI Coverage and Cypress Accessibility.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:938 reviews, 1233 commits, 2827 PRs in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Jennifer appears to be updating and improving documentation within the Cypress documentation repository. Their commits focus on modifying and updating CSS styles, creating a landing page, adding links, and styling various page elements. These contributions enhance the visual presentation, navigation, and overall user experience of the documentation.
accessibilitycypresspluginsapiaccessibility-testing
cypress-io/cypress
Jun 2015 - Nov 2022
Fast, easy and reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser.
Role in this project:Frontend Developer
Frontend DeveloperContributions:2187 reviews, 1827 commits, 2839 PRs in 7 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Jennifer primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Cypress project. They focused on UI and UX improvements, rewriting and updating components. These contributions also included fixing CSS styles, improving test coverage by writing or updating tests, and making changes to the project's overall structure and appearance.
testingcypressend-to-end-testingangular-testing-librarycomponent-testing
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