Marlena Baker
IT Applications Administrator I
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMarlena Baker is an experienced full stack developer and IT applications administrator based in Denver with nine years building user-focused web applications and learning platforms. She blends technical leadership, project management, and design—having led front-end framework migrations, mentored engineers, and owned UX and accessibility at companies like Quizlet, App Academy, and HomeAdvisor. Comfortable across the stack, she also designs assessment rubrics and starter projects to evaluate junior engineers, reflecting a strong commitment to teaching and measurable growth. Her background in communication design and curriculum development gives her a knack for organizing complex workflows and turning design-first thinking into maintainable code. Currently at Boulder Public Library and contributing assessment tooling at Curricular, she’s seeking opportunities that combine engineering, education, and process design.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Photography, Photography at Colorado State UniversityWeb Development Immersive Full Stack Web Development, Web Development Immersive Full Stack Web Development at Galvanize IncBachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Communication Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Communication Design at Metropolitan State University of Denver
Github Skills (7)
decks6
vue5
javascript5
react3
slide3
nodejs3
web-development2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Little-bird-dashboard/client
Aug 2017 - Apr 2018
Contributions:36 PRs, 53 pushes, 27 branches in 8 months
birdspecial-educationcoordinatordashboard
Little-bird-dashboard/server
Aug 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:26 PRs, 26 pushes, 5 branches in 7 months
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