Vetted Design Systems Professionals

Felipe Icaza

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Senior Full-Stack Developer specializing in React/Next.js and NestJS

Toronto, ON4y exp

“Frontend-focused full-stack engineer who built and shipped Atlas Link (atlaslink.io), an ops/admin dashboard for an alumni directory designed to scale across clients and large datasets. Strong on architecture boundaries, typed API contracts, and performance-heavy table UIs, with a rigorous testing approach (TypeScript/Jest/React Testing Library) and experience modernizing a legacy ASP.NET MVC app with a new component layer and cleaned-up CSS system.”

“Product designer with experience owning healthcare mobile app redesigns end-to-end, from sketches and user flows through developer handoff and post-launch iteration. Has worked closely with QA, engineering, and customer support to improve engagement and build accessible experiences for both younger and older users, and is currently redesigning event pages in an Agile coaching platform environment.”

Micah Kwaka

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Senior Frontend Engineer specializing in scalable web applications

Shelton, CT5y exp

“Front-end engineer who has led architecture for complex enterprise web experiences combining e-commerce and marketing on a headless CMS stack. Stands out for quickly upskilling into React/TypeScript/GraphQL while delivering, and for hands-on accessibility remediation work that balanced ADA compliance, usability, and stakeholder management.”

“Software tester with hands-on web and desktop QA experience (functional, UI/UX, regression) looking to transition into console game testing. Not yet familiar with Sony TRC/Microsoft XR/Nintendo LOT, but demonstrates strong checklist-driven testing, disciplined bug triage for deadline-driven submissions, and practical use of AI (e.g., ChatGPT) to draft/refine test cases and analyze logs.”

“Frontend-focused contractor who contributed to Manitoba Hydro’s digital transformation by helping build and document an accessible design system with WCAG standards baked in, improving team efficiency through reusable components. Also delivered a Webflow CMS-driven Capoeira site (dynamic events/profiles) and shipped updates iteratively under tight timelines with strong QA and accessibility practices.”

Rastko Nozinic

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Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer specializing in enterprise web applications

Novi Sad, Serbia18y exp

“Full-stack product engineer who built an AI-powered translation service end-to-end for an enterprise e-learning platform, including Angular/TypeScript frontend, Java/Spring Boot backend, Claude API integration, and a custom cost/usage dashboard. Unusually, they also bring a Master's in Architecture and 10+ years as an architect/interior designer, which they leveraged to lead a full UI/UX overhaul that became the platform's visual identity.”

Keegan Bond

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Junior Full-Stack Software Engineer specializing in React, Node.js, and real-time collaboration

Remote1y exp

“Frontend-focused engineer and former frontend team lead who built a React product from zero-to-MVP (including complex UI like tables and chat) and implemented scalable architecture, shared typing, and UI quality workflows (Storybook/Chromatic). Also built a React+TypeScript internal dashboard for sales/marketing with filtering/search, and has experience collaborating with designers in Figma while iterating quickly in a startup environment.”

“Frontend lead on a campaign management platform, owning architecture and delivery in Next.js (App Router) with TypeScript types derived from Swagger contracts and Zustand state management. Built and shipped complex, form-heavy multi-step flows like QR code creation with live preview/analytics considerations, and improved maintainability by extracting shared table/filter abstractions while proactively defining UX edge states with design.”

Zain Hussain

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Senior Full-Stack (MERN) Engineer specializing in web applications

Multan, Pakistan7y exp

“Frontend engineer who led an employee management system end-to-end, focusing on scalable architecture and performance (caching, route/component-level code splitting, lazy loading, dynamic imports). Experienced building React + TypeScript dashboards with Tailwind CSS and Zustand, including centralized global UI state for modals/sidebars/preferences and feature-flagged rollouts with rapid QA/iteration.”

Minwook Shin

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Junior UX Designer/Developer specializing in web and AI-driven portfolio experiences

1y exp

“Product/UX designer with strong front-end engineering capability who builds and deploys functional prototypes (React, Tailwind, Vercel) and bridges design-to-code via tokenized design systems. Has designed an AI-driven e-commerce fit/3D scanning experience (progressive disclosure, stress-map feedback) and is currently digitizing mass-casualty incident triage with haptics and spatially consistent, non-visual interactions to reduce medic distraction and error under extreme stress.”

Durgamanikantareddy Penumallu

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Senior Frontend Engineer specializing in React, Next.js, and B2B/B2C platforms

Hyderabad, India4y exp

“Frontend-focused engineer who has owned products from scratch in proptech and built real-time, data-heavy dashboards for stock trading use cases. Stands out for shaping React/TypeScript architecture, reducing unnecessary API traffic with TanStack Query, and pushing beyond UI work by influencing backend API design and workflow automation for B2B clients.”

“UI/UX Team Lead who built a design system from the ground up for Find Me (mobile + responsive web), focusing on reusable components, Figma variable-based workflows, and high-fidelity cross-functional handoff. Also designed an AI-driven predictive weather/travel comparison experience that simplifies complex climate data via a comparison model and layered UI, and uses prototyping to validate flows and catch issues early.”

Aldrin Azucena

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Mid-level Full-Stack Software Developer specializing in web apps, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada4y exp

“Frontend engineer (~4 years) who led an admin dashboard for potato farmers end-to-end, integrating real-time and historical weather data to drive disease-severity predictions. Built scientifically validated calculation pipelines (FAO Penman-Monteith, late blight models), rigorous Cypress/unit testing, and print/PDF-ready reporting, while optimizing performance and API load with debouncing, caching, and feature-flagged rollouts.”

Evgeniia Sindiukova

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Mid-Level Front-End/Full-Stack Web Developer specializing in React and CRM-integrated apps

Toronto, Canada5y exp

“Frontend engineer who led a habit-tracking app (MindScope) from concept to production and built/refactored complex React + TypeScript CRM dashboards for wealth management advisors. Notable for turning an AI-generated, hard-to-maintain codebase into a scalable, typed, linted, reusable architecture and shipping high-impact dashboard updates safely via feature flags and gradual rollouts.”