Summary
Morgan Krischer is a pragmatic full-stack software engineer with eight years’ experience building and scaling Ruby on Rails applications and improving web performance through SQL and JavaScript. Currently on Yelp’s Traffic UK team, Morgan combines research-driven SEO experiments with front- and back-end changes to measurably boost organic traffic and mobile web performance. Prior work at Yozu involved tackling scalability, performance and maintainability challenges for a fast-growing accounting SaaS, owning features end-to-end and supporting incident-driven hot fixes. Trained via intensive programs like 42 and Le Wagon and with an academic background in psychology, Morgan brings analytic curiosity and user-focused thinking to engineering problems. Beyond code, they foster team culture and community—organising office recycling efforts and teaching colleagues to knit for a neonatal unit—reflecting a knack for practical, people-centered leadership. Colleagues value Morgan’s blend of methodical experimentation, cross-functional communication, and hands-on problem solving.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Piscine, Computer Science, Ranked 46th out of 900+, Piscine, Computer Science, Ranked 46th out of 900+ at 42
Le Wagon
Bachelor's Degree, Psychology and Criminology (Hons), First Class, Bachelor's Degree, Psychology and Criminology (Hons), First Class at Kingston University
Master's Degree, Applied Forensic Psychology (Hons), High 2:1, Master's Degree, Applied Forensic Psychology (Hons), High 2:1 at University of York
French, English, Spanish