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UX Engineer bridging design systems and frontend engineering.

Seven years building production UI, most recently as Founding UX Engineer at Mermaid. Previously Microsoft FAST.

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About

Founding UX Engineer at Mermaid (01/2023–03/2026), employee #4. Owned product design, frontend engineering, and design systems from zero to production over 3 years.

Previously contracted with Microsoft FAST, contributing to documentation and integration tooling for their open-source web components library.

I partner with designers, PMs, and engineers to ship production-ready systems used across multiple product surfaces.

Open-source contributions to Mermaid.js and Microsoft FAST. Previously led community events and contributed to the open-source site for San Diego Tech Hub.

7
years shipping production UI
2
design systems launched 0-to-1
23
production components shipped
100+
open-source contributions

Skills

What I do

Product designFrontend engineeringDesign systemsPrototyping

Tools

FigmaStorybookCopilotClaude Code

Stack

SvelteKitReactTypeScriptTailwind

A note from a colleague

As a founding member, Steph didn't just help build the product, she shaped the foundation of the team and the culture around it. She brings strong design and product instincts, and a rare ability to turn ideas into polished, practical outcomes.

Sidharth V, Tech Lead & Core Maintainer·Mermaid/Mermaid.js

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Actively exploring UX Engineering opportunities.

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