Tangent
Built the rendering engine and real-time collaboration layer for a browser-based design tool. Shipped undo/redo, a vector path editor, and a plugin system used by over 500 teams.
Alex Chen
Design engineer and product thinker. I build interfaces that feel as good as they look - crisp, considered, and made for people who notice the details.
I'm a product-minded engineer with a background in computational design. I've spent the last seven years working at the intersection of engineering and craft - shaping design systems, building tools for other designers, and shipping products that thousands of people use every day.
I think best in public, share what I learn, and believe the best interfaces are the ones you don't notice. These days I'm focused on making the web feel more human - one component, one interaction, one perfectly-timed transition at a time.
Layer
Created a design system platform that connects Figma components to production code. Wrote the token pipeline, theme generator, and a React component library used across 12 product teams.
Pulse
Designed and built an open-source animation library focused on gesture-driven interfaces. Featured on the front page of Product Hunt; adopted by several early-stage startups.