Melina Odell
SWE @ Verkada | CS @ UMich | CS Education Researcher
- Role
- Design System Engineer at Verkada
- Location
- San Mateo, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Design System Engineer
Jun 2025 — Present · San Mateo, CA, US
Modernized critical table, search, filter, and sorting components to unlock React 19 upgrade, accelerating the company-wide upgrade roadmap by 6 months of developer eort- Proposed and led the rewrite of Verkada’s component library documentation using Storybook to define standards and usage patterns in a consistent format, improving developer velocity and reducing questions- Introduced dark mode support across core components and developed a migration pattern and AI automation tools and scripts to accelerate company-wide theme adoption- Developed 3 new core components and refactored 7 existing components in the design system, adopted by 5 product teams with consistently positive feedback on ease of use
Education
University of Michigan College of Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Computer Science
2019 — 2023
University of Michigan College of Engineering
Master of Science in Engineering, Computer Science
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