Firework Development

Kirsten Andersen Morris

Product Engineer | Software Engineer

With a background in instructional design and technical communication, I translate complex ideas into user-friendly products.

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Services

Where I can help

Build a new product or MVP

I can take you from concept to launch.

Turn a manual workflow into software

I can create software quickly that replaces inefficient workflows.

Fix a confusing product

I can make your software simpler for users without sacrificing complexity.

Projects

Bream

UI/UX Design & Full-Stack Engineering

Contractor on Bream's engineering team. Redesigned the member dashboard, making positive impacts on new user retention and engagement.

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Bream member dashboard before redesign — sidebar navigation with feature cards — Before

Bream dashboard after redesign — referral invite, upcoming plans, and event tags — After

Bream dashboard showing your groups and latest community activity — After

Bream dashboard showing group discovery, tagged perks, and member benefits — After

hili

Full-Stack Engineer

Solo full-stack engineer. Took ownership of a rough, concept-only codebase and developed it into a consumer web app with solid architecture. Translated designs from Figma into accessibly app features.

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hili Discover screen with a Curated Finds carousel, category filter, and Add Rec button

hili Curated Finds page for a Fall Refresh collection with a hili Recommended banner and product image

Gold Family Farms

UI/UX Design & Development

Solo full-stack engineer. Shifted their paper-based equipment inventory system and turned it into software that handles maintenance tickets and inventory management. Created a software experience that all employee roles embraced and continue to use.

Internal application — owned by Gold Family Farms and not publicly viewable

gFix create ticket form for reporting equipment issues

gFix open tickets dashboard with assignment and filtering

gFix ticket detail view with repair assignment and photo upload

gFix equipment inventory detail with gallery and history tabs

Daybreak Haunts

UI/UX Design & Development

Solo full-stack engineer. Designed and built the Haunts Pass App for a community fundraising event, which included redeemable offers at local businesses and donation verification. Designed integration with Utah Food Bank API. The campaign raised over $4,000 for the Utah Food Bank.

Live for the Halloween fundraiser only — no longer viewable

Daybreak Haunts donation landing page with Utah Food Bank integration

Digital Haunts Pass showing business rewards and perks

Interactive neighborhood map with legend and business locations

Magpie Zines

UI/UX Design & Development

Solo full-stack engineer. Designed and built a library catalog app for a tabletop RPG, which allowed players to browse, filter, submit game content, and print personalized catalog cards.

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Grand Coven Library catalog with search, magic category and book type filters, and book entries with call numbers

Printable two-sided Grand Coven Library catalog card for a book entry

Grand Coven Library How to Play page on a phone-width screen

Testimonial

“Throughout Kirsten's time at hili, I was struck by her rare combination of calm and tenacity. She inherited a challenging codebase, took ownership of it, and made meaningful improvements while delivering new features at a brisk pace. She pairs strong software engineering skills with resourcefulness, humility, and a genuine desire to learn, making her the kind of developer any organization would be fortunate to have. I'm grateful to have worked alongside her and proud of what we accomplished together.”

Karli Kujawa — hili

Skills & tools

Product & UX: Miro, Figma, user flows, wireframing, accessibility, responsive UI

Engineering: Next.js, TypeScript, React, Capacitor, Tailwind CSS, Python, Django, Express, GraphQL, C#, Supabase

Delivery: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Node.js, image processing (Sharp), AWS S3, GCP, Heroku, Git/GitHub, architecture, infrastructure, deployment

Contact

Let's build something together

I'm currently taking on new clients. If you have a project in mind, I'd love to hear about it.

kirsten@fireworkdev.com

Based in Iowa — working with clients everywhere.