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Maxwell Young

Design Engineer

Product-minded design engineer building mobile and web interfaces with React Native and React. I focus on clear interaction states, accessible systems, and software that holds up on real devices.

Experience Marks

Experience

Software Research AssistantApr 2026 – Present
University of Auckland

Building traceable software for safer-medicines research workflows.

  • Turn research rules and source material into structured, reviewable software workflows.
  • Build prototypes that preserve provenance and support careful human review.
Software Research AssistantNov 2025 – Jan 2026
Auckland University of Technology

Mobile research tooling for sleep-session analysis and review.

  • Built a React Native and Expo app for session review, questionnaires, and sleep-stage visualization.
  • Integrated mobile, backend, and model-inference workflows for research use.
Mobile Design EngineerSeptember 2025 – Present
Silk

Product interface engineering across Silk's mobile and web experiences.

  • Build and refine media-heavy product flows across React Native and React.
  • Improve cross-platform consistency, accessibility, performance, and real-device reliability across iOS and Android.
Design EngineerApr 2023 – Present
ninetynine.digital

Independent product and client studio for mobile apps, web products, and CMS-backed portfolio work.

  • Shipped independent products including Vape Quit Coach for iOS and Liner, a spatial canvas for music with tldraw, audio playback, and Convex sync.
  • Delivered client sites with Next.js and Sanity for Ch'lita Collins (Fashion Editor-at-Large at i-D) and artist Dayle Palfreyman, plus Shopify performance and layout stability work for Goodness Gracious.
Data Intelligence UI DeveloperNov 2022 – Apr 2023
Spark New Zealand

Internal analytics dashboard work for Spark's data intelligence team.

  • Helped replace Power BI workflows with a React and Next.js dashboard.
  • Built interface patterns and design system components for the team.

Education

Skills

TypeScript
React
React Native
Next.js
Expo
SwiftUI
Tailwind CSS
Framer Motion

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