Summary
Mckinsey Leckenby is a versatile software engineer based in Philadelphia with four years of experience building full-stack web and backend systems using JavaScript/React, Elixir/Erlang, Go, C#, and ASP.NET. Comfortable across front-end styling (HTML, CSS, Tailwind) and relational databases (SQL, SQLite), they consistently deliver production-ready features and legacy-code improvements. Past roles span startups and enterprise healthcare work at Optum, and they’ve coached aspiring engineers at Flatiron School, sharpening their ability to explain complex concepts and debug under pressure. A former international flight attendant, Mckinsey brings calm, customer-first thinking and disciplined incident response to engineering teams. Their cross-disciplinary background and quick adaptation to new stacks make them effective at both collaborative and independent problem-solving.
4 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Flatiron School
Pierce College at Fort Steilacoom
Central Washington University
City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College