Summary
Mary Z is a Senior UI Engineer with 11 years of experience who blends a foundation in law and advanced training in Human-Computer Interaction with hands-on front-end engineering at CrowdStrike. She combines UX research, accessibility, and interaction design expertise with full-stack JavaScript skills (React, Ember, Node) and animation fluency (Greensock, 2D/3D) to craft polished, user-centered interfaces. Her background includes an M.S. in HCI and a software engineering immersive (Fullstack Academy, Grace Hopper Track), reflecting a rare mix of research-driven design and production-grade development. Mary’s portfolio and research work demonstrate rigorous usability evaluation and data visualization practices that inform pragmatic product decisions. She’s comfortable moving between prototyping, motion design, and test-driven development, making her effective across product, design, and engineering teams. Based in the Greater Chicago Area, she often fuses storytelling animation techniques into UI interactions to create engaging, accessible user experiences.
11 years of coding experience