● Intro
Open to new roles
UX Engineer | bridging design systems and frontend engineering.
I work across product design, frontend engineering, and design systems to build UI foundations that scale.
● About
More about me →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 design
- Frontend engineering
- Design systems
- Accessibility
- Prototyping
Specialties
- Component architecture
- Design tokens
- Frontend performance
- WCAG 2.2
Tools
- Figma
- Storybook
Stack
- SvelteKit
- React
- TypeScript
- Tailwind
Selected Work
● Selected Work
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Founding UX Engineer, Mermaid
Shaped product UX and frontend architecture from the earliest stage.
Led accessibility standards, Storybook adoption, and contributor-facing documentation.
UX Engineer, Microsoft FAST
Contributed to Microsoft FAST documentation and developer infrastructure.
Improved contributor onboarding, Docusaurus workflows, and integration guides.
Creator, Superbloom
The design system that powers this portfolio.
Built in SvelteKit and shadcn-svelte. Documents patterns, components, and visual foundations.
● 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.
Open to new roles · Available immediately
What I'm looking for
Design systems, UX engineering, or frontend platform roles on a small to mid-size team. Based in San Diego, PT. Comfortable across US and EU timezones.