Nikki Lee
Director Of Product, New Practice Lab at New America
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNikki Lee is a product leader with 14 years of experience designing and delivering technology solutions that improve access to public benefits, currently directing New Practice Lab’s partnerships with government and nonprofits in Seattle. She combines a human-centered design and engineering background with hands-on program management from roles at 18F, Microsoft, and Jarvus to translate policy complexity into usable services for economically excluded families. Nikki excels at coordinating cross-disciplinary teams, building product management capacity in government, and turning messy stakeholder needs into clear roadmaps and operational momentum. Known for pragmatic leadership—she once stabilized a data services team then intentionally replaced herself—she balances strategic vision with day-to-day delivery. Colleagues would call her an “altruistic troublemaker”: someone who pushes for better systems while keeping morale high with humor and cat photos.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Human Centered Design and Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Human Centered Design and Engineering at University of WashingtonBachelor of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Spanish
Github Skills (36)
accessibility10
discord10
uswds10
policies10
active10
recurly10
clarity10
discord-bot10
telegram-bot10
lists9
organize9
python8
wcag8
axe8
css8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nkkl/personal-site
Apr 2012 - Feb 2023
Contributions:107 commits, 12 pushes in 11 years
18F/product-training
Mar 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 1 issue in 1 year 2 months
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