Summary
Zoe Bachman is a learning design leader with a decade of experience creating user-centered technical education, currently shaping developer-facing learning at Figma after leading curriculum and instructional strategy at Codecademy. With a master’s in Human-Computer Interaction from NYU and a background in art, anthropology, and languages, she blends rigorous learning science with creative, participatory pedagogy to make code and tools more expressive and accessible. She co-founded the feminist tendernet collective to interrogate AI design practices and teaches "Artist as Coder" at the School of Visual Arts, signaling a practice that bridges technology, arts, and social justice. Known for launching product-integrated learning like Codecademy’s Full-Stack Career Path and Portfolio Projects, she excels at cross-functional collaboration between curriculum, product, and engineering.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Human Computer Interaction, Master’s Degree, Human Computer Interaction at New York University
BA, Anthropology, Art History, French, BA, Anthropology, Art History, French at Vassar College
French, Wolof, French, Wolof at SIT Senegal: Arts and Culture Program
French