Summary
Makenna Smutz is a New York–based design engineer with seven years of experience building frontend-first products and design systems at early-stage startups. She often serves as the sole designer‑engineer—designing in Figma, prototyping, and shipping components and sites with TypeScript, Next.js, Chakra UI, GraphQL and Storybook—frequently tackling data- and chart-heavy interfaces using React Table and Chart.js. As a cofounder and founder she has led product launches, created a Customer Advisory Board to co-develop early features, and run design system rollouts while educating teams on best practices. Equally comfortable shipping marketing sites and production UIs, she bridges product, design and engineering to turn complex data into clear, usable interfaces.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics