Design engineer
2018-2019
1. Web designer/developer
I updated the look of the site, created dynamic templates (so marketing could contribute pages themselves using .yaml), updated documentation so everyone could contribute, made it mobile friendly, basically everything to modernize the site and make it more professional. I worked with everyone throughout the company, including the CEO. The site used haml, yml, and Ruby on Rails.
2019-2020
2. Product - Design handoff
I wanted to get back into Product Design, so I moved to the Create team at GitLab, working on their design tool. If you're familiar with GitLab, this tool sits in their Merge Request page, where you can upload designs and mockups for teams to collaborate. I created live prototypes in code to convey what my vision was for the tool, as well as spoke with some of our users to get a good understanding on what they were looking for in a design collaboration tool.
2020-2022
3. Design system engineer
After another year, I was selected to be part of GitLab's founding design system team, called Foundations. Because of my code and design skills, I was not only able to be a resource for our design system, but I was also able to contribute to our Vue components directly in our GitLab UI package. With the ability to do both, I was able to assist both designers and engineers company wide. We used Storybook to display and test components. I also contributed to and used our Figma design system.
