Summary
Laura Kelly is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building polished user-facing systems and design languages for mobile and web. She has driven Android design system work at Square and Airbnb and now contributes her expertise at Netflix, blending product-focused front-end engineering with strong UX sensibilities. Her background spans data visualization (D3), Clojure/ClojureScript dashboards, and research-grade data analysis from earlier cognitive neuroscience work, giving her a rare combination of design, analytical rigor, and engineering craft. A practiced speaker at conferences like KotlinConf and Droidcon, she translates complex technical ideas into practical, team-friendly solutions and consistently champions design systems that scale across platforms.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis