# Mikayla Orange

> Software Engineer at Google

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/mikayla

I help build impactful features for Google Maps

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer, Maps @ Google
Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
- Authors and implements frontend features for Tactile, Google Maps' desktop web application using Typescript, Sass, and HTML
 Serving  as technical point person for saved lists

- Successfully delivered a high-priority "emojification" features for improving trip planning through saved lists, driving a 55% higher CTR for list creation and an 18% increase in overall saving interactions.
- Directed weekly taskforce meetings to unblock engineering workstreams and align with PM/UX on critical bug triaging.
- Enhanced product reliability and user experience across both web and mobile versions of the Maps platform.
- Executed a comprehensive UI redesign focused on reducing friction for travel planning, including the implementation of side-by-side views, resulting in a 53% increase in place opens from the UI and a 3% increase in travel-related place interactions

### Course Instructor @ Howard University
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
Instructor for the Fall 2024 iteration of CSCI100 (Introduction to Computer Science) as part of the Google In Residence Program.

### Howard University Software Engineering Lead @ Black Venture Capital Consortium (BVCC)
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
Lead weekly sessions that teach college students software engineering principles

Served as a mentor figure as students build projects with UX and entrepreneurship students

### Software Engineering Intern @ Google
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
Authored code fixes and enhancements for inclusion in future code to Maps Lite, a mobile UI for Google Web Maps using Javascript and HTML

Evaluated project requirements and specifications and developed software applications that met client expectations.

### Tech Exchange Student @ Google
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Sunnyvale, California, United States
Chosen as one of 40 scholars to live in silicon valley, and learn at Google Headquarters for a semester for “Tech Exchange,” a domestic exchange program by Google for underrepresented students in Tech
Took applied computer science courses taught by Google engineers and experts in the field in the following areas: 
Applied Data Structures & Algorithms, Software Development Studio, Machine Learning, Human Computer Interaction, Database Systems, Product Management, Entrepreneurship and Lean Startups

### Engineering Practicum Intern @ Google
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | New York, New York
Worked on a cross-functional team to design and build enhancements to an internal analytics dashboard using Typescript and Angular
Implemented a complex UI with preview, saving and error checking using RxJs, NgRx, and Firestore for storage Designed feature to allow VPs to customize the UI reducing implementation time from 6 weeks to 15 minutes

### Development Intern @ Innovative Architects
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Duluth, Georgia
Served as an intern with focus on both front-end and back-end for the development of a web app using Microsoft products


## Education
### Bachelor's in Computer Science
Howard University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mikaylaorange

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Last updated: 2026-03-22