Hello, I'm Steph.

I'm a UX Engineer working between design and engineering. The last seven years have been small teams in enterprise software and early-stage startups, mostly building from zero.

I'm looking for a full-time remote UX Engineer role where design and engineering aren't treated as separate jobs. That overlap is where I do my best work.

I work at both ends of the product. Up top: the flows. Intuitive ones that only look effortless after a lot of iteration. Underneath: the token systems, component APIs, and docs that make those flows possible to build, and to keep building.

I think a lot about the people using the product, my teammates, and future me. A lot of the job is making the next person's work easier, including the version of me coming back to edit this in six months.

AI is part of how I work now. I lean on it for the boring, mechanical parts so I can spend more time on the things that actually need a human: scope, intent, and how a flow should feel.

I'm a fan of open-source and use it where I can. Day to day: Figma, SvelteKit (or React), Tailwind, and Storybook, with Cursor, and Claude in the loop.

I joined Mermaid Chart in early 2023 as the fourth hire. No website. No UI foundation. No design system. No Storybook. The platform hadn't even launched.

Over the next three years I built the UI from zero: 23 components, a token system, a full documentation site, and product features across the dashboard, editor, and core surfaces along the way.

Before Mermaid, I was on contract with the Microsoft FAST team on documentation infrastructure and framework support across Svelte, Vite, and Rollup. Less about building components, more about improving the developer experience and adoption of web components.

The contact page is the easiest way. Roles, projects, half-formed ideas - all welcome. Send a note and I'll write back as soon as I can.

Chico, my rescue dog, and I go to the park most days. Turns out fresh air and sunshine are great for problem-solving.

Also: sparkling wine, Lego sets, fresh flowers in the house, a good spy thriller, and anything space-themed (current obsession: Project Hail Mary).