Laura Knight
Owner at Pancake Press
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLaura Knight is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building full‑stack web and iOS products, currently shaping Square’s banking initiatives as a Senior Software Engineer. She brings deep frontend expertise in JavaScript, React, Redux and performance optimization, paired with solid Ruby/Rails backend skills and testing discipline. Laura has a track record of driving product-impacting improvements—doubling early funnel conversion and cutting page load times through memoization and architectural changes. Based in New York, she also runs Pancake Press, a creative illustration studio, demonstrating a blend of technical craft and visual design sensibility. Her background in analytics-driven marketing and time spent on self-driving car coursework reflect a curiosity that spans product, data and emerging systems.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Intro to Self-Driving Cars, Intro to Self-Driving Cars at UdacityBachelor of Science - BS Advertising; minor in Spanish, Bachelor of Science - BS Advertising; minor in Spanish at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (34)
mysql-database10
ember-addon10
npmjs10
svgr10
adobe-xd10
mysql9
javascript9
simple-api9
nodejs9
parser8
csv8
csv-reader8
svg8
csv-parser8
gulp7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ljknight/ljknight.github.io
Mar 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:1 PR, 81 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 2 months
ljknight/Ambiguous-Cicada
Oct 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:30 pushes in 4 days
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