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Laurie Reynolds

About

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I've spent my career building software in environments where accuracy, usability, and reliability matter. Early in my career, that included supporting a live weather integration used during ABC's Good Morning America broadcasts. Later, I moved into medical imaging, regulated laboratory software, high-volume payments, and civic technology.

At Thermo Fisher, I led development of laboratory applications used in regulated scientific workflows. At Siemens, I built imaging and visualization software for the Sequoia ultrasound platform. These roles taught me how much thoughtful interface design matters when users are working with complex information.

At Walmart, I returned fully to web application development and eventually led front-end engineering for payment experiences including EBT SNAP, WIC, PayPal, Affirm, and credit cards. I particularly enjoyed the work that crossed team boundaries: turning complicated requirements into reusable components, improving accessibility and testing practices, and helping teams understand the complete customer journey.

Across these roles, I've brought hands-on front-end engineering, systems thinking, and a practical approach to making complex software easier for people to use and teams to maintain.

How I Work

A few principles that have shaped how I build software and work with teams.

Build quality into the work

I've worked in environments where a checkout bug means lost revenue and a compliance miss means legal exposure. That taught me to treat quality as a feature, not a phase.

Include accessibility from the beginning

I'd rather catch a violation in a lint rule than discover it in a production audit. I've built accessibility tooling and automated checks, and shipped payment systems with zero blocker a11y bugs.

Understand the complete workflow

I look beyond the interface to understand the business rules, data flow, system dependencies, and operational constraints behind it. That broader view helps me make front-end decisions that work across the whole system.

Improve the systems around the code

Whether it's refactoring a test suite to remove flaky mocks, strengthening automated checks, or writing incident response runbooks, I invest in the engineering practices that make software easier to change and operate.

Build shared understanding

I help teams build shared context through workshops, documentation, and hands-on learning. I've led sessions on accessibility and design patterns, explained complex laboratory workflows, and created onboarding guides that help new team members contribute sooner.

What keeps me inspired

Outside of engineering, I value time spent travelling, visiting art museums, exploring architecture and trying new recipes.

Venice canal with colorful buildings and boats
The Guggenheim Museum exterior architecture
Person enjoying art in a museum
Freshly baked cake topped with sliced almonds
Portfolio photography courtesy of Pexels. Venice dock photo by Spolyakov. NYC Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Photo by Charles Parker. Photo of a woman admiring art by Grisha Besko. Cake photo by Ella Olsson.