Agentic Design Engineer / Senior Product Designer
Agentic design engineer with 5+ years of experience. I design and build — from design systems and UX strategy to shipping production front-end code. Currently at Cengage Learning building AI-powered educational tools.
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Crafting intuitive mobile and web interfaces with attention to color, hierarchy, and interaction patterns.

Deep investigation into user needs, emerging tech, and competitive landscapes to inform product decisions.

AI-powered development using Claude Code for rapid prototyping, debugging, and shipping production features.

Fluent in modern dev environments — Cursor, Codex, VS Code, anti-gravity workflows, and AI-assisted coding tools.

Expert-level Figma — components, auto-layout, variables, and prototyping. Full design-to-code ownership.
Agentic design engineer. I build software that thinks for itself.
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