Mollie Anderson
Design × engineering × AI
I'm a software engineer and product designer based in Los Angeles, with a background that runs from the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the engineering team of the AI developer platform powering the world's most advanced models. After spending two years as senior executive assistant to the CEO of Weights & Biases, I completed a software engineering bootcamp and joined the team as an engineer, where I shipped frontend and backend features in production. Design engineering is the culmination of my diverse professional experience, using the visual instincts from my arts background, the systems thinking from operations, and the technical fluency from engineering to conceive and build products end-to-end. I'm excited about building delightful user experiences and exploring the power of AI to enhance design and development workflows.
Work
CurateSphere
PERN stack web appOriginally built in 2024,CurateSphere is a full-stack art exhibition curation app built on the PERN stack, integrating the Harvard Art Museums API to give users access to over 244,000 artworks. Users can create, edit, and share personal exhibitions with advanced filtering by medium, culture, period, and technique. Built with React, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, and Tailwind CSS. Currently redesigning the entire UI in Figma with a new design system and component library. Frontend rebuild with Claude Code in progress.
Creature Books
Design system + Next.js appCreature is a book discovery and tracking app with a fully documented design system, including a token foundation, component specs, and a user flow diagram built in Figma. The frontend is built in Next.js with TypeScript using Claude Code, with an AI-powered mood-based book recommendation feature on the Explore screen. W&B Weave is integrated for LLM observability, tracking every prompt and response through the discovery flow.
W&B Design Challenge: Frozen Visualizations in Reports
UX case studySelf-initiated design challenge based on a real W&B product problem in Reports. I designed two solutions in Figma, built an interactive prototype, deployed a coded version, and wrote a full case study.
Experience
Software Engineer
Weights & Biases
Shipped ~100 PRs across frontend and backend using React, Go, and GraphQL. Built shared UI components from Figma designs and contributed to standardizing component usage across internal tools.
Senior EA to CEO
Weights & Biases
Managed cross-functional alignment, executive communications, and organizational systems across a fully remote global team.
Executive Assistant to the Director
J. Paul Getty Trust
Supported the Director of one of the world's leading art institutions. Managed board-facing communications, donor correspondence, and institutional events.
Assistant Administrator
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Coordinated projects and research for photography exhibitions; managed collection of archival photographs; co-authored peer-reviewed publications.
Education
General Assembly
Software Engineering Bootcamp
New York, NY / Remote
University of Pennsylvania
BA with Honors in Philosophy · Minors in French & History
Philadelphia, PA