Nikki Pope
Head Of Product Design at Daypack Research, Inc.
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNikki Pope is a product-focused software engineer turned Head of Product Design with nine years of experience building user-centered systems at companies from research labs to Microsoft and a startup. A University of Virginia computer science graduate, she spent five years at Microsoft honing scalable engineering practices before moving to Daypack Research to lead product design and bridge engineering with user experience. Her background includes VR research and an internship at Uber ATG, giving her a practical grasp of immersive interfaces and real-world system constraints. Based in Seattle, she blends hands-on coding experience with strategic product design, often translating complex technical requirements into intuitive user flows. Colleagues describe her as someone who brings both engineering rigor and a designer’s empathy to cross-functional teams.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of Virginia
Github Skills (2)
python1
puzzle1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
np4ft/cs3240-labdemo
Feb 2017 - Feb 2017
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
UVA-CS4720-F17/github-tutorial-group-repo
Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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