Summary
Kimi Spencer is a Product Design Lead with 11 years of experience blending product design and front-end engineering to build cohesive, scalable user experiences for fintech, e-commerce, and fashion brands. Currently leading design at Extend, she focuses on simplifying complex finance workflows through AI-fueled features and robust design systems. Previously she founded a boutique studio and built modular UI libraries and migrations to strongly-typed functional front-end stacks at Lumi, demonstrating both strategic design leadership and hands-on engineering. Kimi’s background in interactive technology (NYU ITP) and early work across creative studios and publications gives her a rare fluency in translating brand and marketing needs into polished, data-informed digital products. She pairs entrepreneurial instincts with a developer's discipline, often shipping componentized systems that accelerate product teams.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at University of California, Berkeley
Master's degree Interactive Technology Program (ITP), Master's degree Interactive Technology Program (ITP) at New York University
English