Design Engineer · Founder, ninetynine.digital
Designing and building digital tools
Maxwell Young is a product-focused design engineer based in Auckland, New Zealand. He creates digital products for creative professionals, ecommerce, and everyday use, combining design sensitivity with technical depth.
He also contributes to applied research at AUT, developing an AI-driven sleep monitoring app that merges deep learning, behavioural data, and intuitive mobile design, each designed to feel purposeful, unobtrusive, and built to endure.
He is currently a Design Engineer at Silk, where he designs and builds the core product across web and mobile for a platform that archives and reimagines culture online.
Educated in Computer Science at Auckland University of Technology (Software Development & Data Science), he has worked as a UI Developer at Spark New Zealand and is a graduate of the Web Development Bootcamp at Dev Academy Aotearoa.
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Maxwell Young
Design Engineer
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Prototyping a mobile application for AI-driven sleep stage analysis.
- Integrating deep learning models and behavioural inputs into a cohesive UX.
- Designing visualisations and explainability tools to improve user insight.
Freelance design engineering across web and mobile; ship end‑to‑end.
- Shipped portfolio and ecommerce sites (Next.js, Tailwind, Framer Motion).
- Built mobile utilities with React Native + Expo (finance tracker, study assistant).
- Scoped, designed, and delivered end‑to‑end with clients.
Product UI for internal analytics; systems thinking from Figma to code.
- Implemented a React/Next.js UI for an internal analytics dashboard.
- Translated Power BI into a cohesive Figma system and production UI.
- Partnered with product and data to refine workflows and usability.
- Participated in sprint ceremonies, PR reviews, and pair sessions.