Summary
Marley Alford is a versatile user-research-driven product developer and frontend engineer with eight years of experience building user-centered web applications and teaching web development. Based in Spain, Marley has shipped React-based features for high-throughput logistics and restaurant platforms, implemented scheduling and notification systems, and improved testability for a healthcare messaging app used by thousands. They pair hands-on coding (React, JS, Python) with mentoring and curriculum design, having successfully moved an intro course from jQuery to modern JavaScript and React to lift student outcomes. Marley also brings a research-minded background—from swarm robotics and bioinformatics visualizations to refining ML pipelines—so they combine empirical problem-solving with pragmatic product decisions. Colleagues know Marley as a dependable collaborator who catches usability issues early through testing and clear documentation while staying engaged with students and junior engineers after the classroom or sprint ends.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Mathematics and Computer Science, 3.72, Bachelor's Degree Mathematics and Computer Science, 3.72 at Bard College