Lynn Collette
Co-Founder & Head Of Product at Automattic Inc.
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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RockstarLynn Collette is a product-focused design engineer and founder with 20+ years of experience building prototypes and shipped products at Apple, Uber, and Automattic, now leading product at vrsz where music and gaming converge. She combines systems thinking with rapid prototyping—preferring tested ideas over debate—to move concepts from messy early stages to investor-ready, user-validated products. At Automattic she scaled design ops, built onboarding dashboards, and saved tooling costs while keeping WordPress.com feature deliveries on schedule. Her front-end work includes notable contributions to the popular wp-calypso JavaScript codebase, improving accessibility and UX across the platform. Based in Portland, she’s exploring agentic coding and designs systems that turn fan engagement into meaningful data for artists.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
French
Github Skills (9)
accessibility10
javascript10
react10
ui-design9
s68
css8
html8
redux7
wordpress6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/wp-calypso
Jun 2019 - Dec 2020
The JavaScript and API powered WordPress.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 38 commits, 26 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Lynn primarily contributed to the front-end components of the WordPress.com platform, making updates to the UI and user experience. Their work involved implementing conditional rendering in external links, refactoring reader recommendations, adding accessibility features, and updating styling across different components. They demonstrated skills in React, JavaScript, and component-based architecture, enhancing the user interface and accessibility of the platform.
apireactwordpressjavascriptes6
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