I’m a Senior Software Engineer x Design Engineer on the Origami team at the Financial Times, focusing on our Design System.
My current work involves:
- Design System Development: Collaborating with designers in Figma to create modern, composable components for flexible, consistent user experiences.
- Frontend Engineering: Building accessible and robust user interfaces using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, and React.
- Cloud and Infrastructure: Delivering scalable solutions using AWS and modern infrastructure tooling.
- Inclusive Web Practices: Ensuring accessibility and usability are core to everything I build.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Bridging design and engineering to deliver cohesive, effective solutions.
My previous experience at the FT includes:
- Editorial Technology: Developing editorial tools such as Spark (in-house CMS) and Lantern (in-house data analytics platform).
- Marketing Technology: Working on a project that developed multiple efficient data streams, consolidating millions of rows from various data sources into a single, performant solution using AWS.
- Email Platform: Supporting infrastructure that delivers over a million emails daily to subscribers.
I’m passionate about creating clear, accessible, and sustainable web experiences.