Design engineering means many things. For me, it's working where a new technology is still taking shape and the experience of it doesn't yet exist — using code as a design medium to make the abstract tangible, and helping teams decide what to build.
Making Emerging Tech Tangible
Voice + Multimodal UI
Amazon Devices · '17–'19
Prototyped and tested 21 customer-facing concepts with UX research
Multi-device Social Viewing
Prime Video · '20–'21
Multi-device prototype proved ROI — ~1.7M sessions in 3 months
Chat-based AI
Microsoft 365 · '22–'23
Helped teams evaluate what LLMs can and can't do — shaped early Copilot direction in Office
Reasoning & Deep Research
Microsoft 365 · '24–'25
Led functional prototypes defining interaction model for step-by-step AI reasoning capabilities in M365 apps
Agentic AI Workflows
Microsoft 365 · '25
Prototyped node-graph interfaces to let anyone build DYI agentic workflows in M365
Image/Video Model Control
Adobe · '25–Now
Prototyping new concepts for visual model control beyond text/image prompts
Systems That Scale
Algorithmic Theming Runtime
Microsoft 365 · Outlook, Teams, SharePoint
Production-grade design system runtime — algorithmic adaptive color for live theming and guaranteed WCAG accessibility
Cross-platform Profiles
Prime Video · TV, web, mobile, all clients
26M+ users worldwide
Marketing Asset Automation
Amazon Devices · Echo, Fire TV, Kindle
Pitched, secured funding, and built — scaled to save 11,300 person-hours per year
Leadership & Influence
- Product Direction
- Prototypes as decision tools — Watch Party proved ROI, Copilot v0 informed product bets, Adobe findings shape research priorities
- Organizational Practice
- Defined rapid prototyping strategy across M365 & Office. Co-created UXE leveling framework adopted across Microsoft
- Team Building
- Mentored 6+ UX engineers at Microsoft. Led a team of 5 designers at Amazon
- Cross-functional Alignment
- Built consensus across product, engineering, finance, and marketing. ~4% incremental device units at Amazon
Selected Work
Project Alpha
A design system built from the ground up for a fast-growing SaaS platform.
Project 3
A performant e-commerce experience with sub-second page loads and fluid animations.
Project Beta
A performant e-commerce experience with sub-second page loads and fluid animations.