# Elena Browne > Software Engineer & Designer Location: Berkeley, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/elenabrowne As a true hybrid engineer and designer, I turn anything from vague feature requests to free-flowing brainstorms into fully-baked, ready-to-ship features. I build products that work for everyone: intuitive enough for users to breeze through, with code that's easy to understand for teammates (and myself 6 months in the future). I'm currently at Diffbot creating LeadGraph—a powerful market intelligence platform. In my previous career, I worked at Google solving user issues with empathy, communication, and gorgeous spreadsheets. I'm based in beautiful Berkeley, CA where you can find me on long walks, sipping a hojicha latte, and adding to my fun fact repertoire with a constant stream of podcasts. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Canary Technologies Jan 2025 – Present ### Software Engineer & Designer @ Diffbot Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | Menlo Park, California, United States Lead full-stack engineer and UX designer for LeadGraph, a market intelligence platform powered by Diffbot's advanced knowledge graph. ### Co-Founder, Developer, Designer @ Imaginarie Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Berkeley, California, United States Imaginarie is a new meditation app with a creative twist—meditation through imagination. The app is available on the App Store & Google Play. Key Technical Features: - Hybrid mobile app built mostly in Vue, with custom Java and Swift code for key features like audio playback, subscriptions, and authentication. - Custom native audio plugins for Android and iOS for smooth playback and notification/Now Playing integration - Responsive swiping between pages (custom code to get as close as possible to native app page swiping) - Subscriptions managed with Revenue Cat to consolidate cross-platform subscriptions - Responsive design for mobile, desktop, and everything in between - Easy-to-use admin pages for managing content (not visible to the public, but some of my favorite pages!) - Relaxing, & fun app design to match content and help get our users into the right mental state for meditation ### Freelance Web & Mobile Developer and Designer @ Saturday Design Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area Built new Vue.js front-ends for participating in and managing fast-paced live auctions by converting legacy AngularJS code and integrating Vuex and Pusher to ensure that all users and admins have access to real-time data. Client: auctionking.com Implemented Google Analytics Enhanced Ecommerce to track every step of the shopping process, and mobile-optimized the homepage and the checkout flow using Bootstrap 4. Client: poshcloset.com ### Program Manager in Online Help @ Google Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Mountain View, CA Led strategy and data analysis for product support answers on the Google Assistant, managing working group, developing SQL dashboard to track performance, and collaborating with PMs & engineers on feature development. Performance exceeded expectations with millions of monthly impressions Designed conversational chat flows for smart troubleshooting Pixel phone issues on the Google Assistant, working with engineers to scope technical feasibility and developing best practices for support chatbots Created framework for improving performance of scaled consumer support for top user issues, process was adopted globally across department for products including Google Play, Chrome, Accounts, Photos, and Drive ### Help Content Manager @ Google Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | Mountain View, CA Launched the Inbox help center, setting strategy according to latest UX research, coordinating implementation of in-product help, and managing reviews with 15+ stakeholders, including PM, legal, and marketing. Managed four major help centers (Gmail, Inbox, Calendar, and Android), writing content that has been viewed hundreds of millions of times in 44 languages. Drove help center solutions to top user issues by diving into user feedback and UX testing, and using resulting metrics to successfully push for product changes. Represented my team of help center writers to drive improvements to Google’s biggest content management tool. Contributed to PRDs, design sprints, roadmap planning sessions, and feature prioritization. Presented trainings to an audience of 120 employees and co-managed migration project that required action by over 300 people. Facilitated over 40 hours of usability testing, and observed over 200 hours of participants using Google products and support. Created design review resource for writers, working with researchers to translate abstract UX concepts into concrete suggestions to solve content problems. Gave presentations and trainings about UX at internal conferences and department-wide events, and trained all new writers on the team. ### Android Partner Brand Manager @ Google Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 Collaborated with creative agency to develop a series of interactive training modules used to train tens of thousands of retail sales associates globally and created a process to localize into 10 languages. Coordinated global mystery shopping program and developed survey with agency for insight into the mobile retail environment and to test effectiveness of training. Transformed Android brand guidelines site, which is accessed by 1,000+ partner contacts globally, by completely redesigning the site, rethinking the structure, and adding new features to make it easier for partners to showcase Google brands. Worked cross-functionally with legal, PR, and product marketing teams and senior director to generate partner brand guidelines for Google Play and simplify brand guidelines for Android. ### Marketing Intern @ Magoosh Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Berkeley, CA Managed social media marketing on Facebook and Twitter by designing and implementing Facebook welcome tab, testing and managing Facebook ads, and promoting engagement on Twitter. ### Founder & President @ The Photowalk Club Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 Founded popular and diverse new club at UC Berkeley that coordinates photography excursions around the Bay Area to give students the opportunity to learn, explore and relieve stress. Conceptualized and executed marketing campaign that resulted in the recruitment of over 400 members and trained a new team of leaders to continue the club. ### Associate Campus Outreach Editor @ Berkeley Fiction Review Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 Evaluated over 300 stories for publication, designed new website, and reinvigorated campus outreach efforts with new signage and involvement of club members. ### Research Intern @ Westpark Pictures Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 Researched information for TV documentaries currently in production and worked with the Director of Development to come up with ideas for future documentaries. ### Independent Contractor @ Global Film Initiative Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 Launched and continued to manage Non-Profit Google AdWords account by writing ads, choosing keywords, and organizing campaigns, which resulted in over 100,000 clicks with an ad spend limit of $10,000 per month. Redesigned significant portions of the website, added custom landing pages for AdWords ads, and used Google Analytics to monitor site and come up with recommendations for improvements. ### Night Production Intern @ The Daily Californian Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 Communicated with editors in all departments to ensure that their work was properly printed Solved technical problems involving the printers, Adobe InDesign, and Mac OS X ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies University of California, Berkeley ### Software Engineering Immersive Hack Reactor ### Backend Web Development General Assembly ### Rio Mesa High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/elenaczubiak - Portfolio: https://saturdaydesign.dev - Portfolio: https://imaginarie.app --- Source: https://flows.cv/elenabrowne JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/elenabrowne/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-11