Arden Lee

Staff product engineer for fast-moving software teams.

Brooklyn, NY, EST

ardenlee.dev / hello@ardenlee.dev / +1 (646) 555-0184

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About

I build sharp internal tools, design systems, and AI-assisted workflows for teams that need reliability without heavy process. My work usually sits between product strategy, frontend architecture, and the last ten percent of interface craft.

Work Experience

Northline Systems

RemoteReactTypeScriptAI ToolsDesign Systems
2024 - Present
RemoteReactTypeScriptAI ToolsDesign Systems

Staff Product Engineer

Leading the product shell for a workflow platform used by operations teams to review exceptions, route decisions, and maintain audit history.

  • Reduced repeat triage time by consolidating notes, status, and ownership into one command surface.
  • Built a typed component layer shared across support, billing, and account health workflows.

Signal Yard

Next.jsNode.jsGraphQLRealtime
2021 - 2024
Next.jsNode.jsGraphQLRealtime

Senior Frontend Architect

Owned frontend architecture for a customer intelligence product with live collaboration, saved views, and role-aware reporting.

  • Created a performance budget and code-splitting strategy for data-heavy dashboards.
  • Designed release guardrails that made complex workspace migrations safer.

Cedar Labs

ReactDesign OpsAccessibilityTooling
2018 - 2021
ReactDesign OpsAccessibilityTooling

Product Systems Engineer

Worked across product and platform teams to turn scattered UI patterns into reusable primitives with strong accessibility defaults.

  • Built shared form, table, and command palette patterns adopted by six product squads.
  • Partnered with design leads to document interaction rules instead of one-off screen specs.

Orbit Works

JavaScriptUXPrototyping
2015 - 2018
JavaScriptUXPrototyping

Interface Engineer

Prototyped product concepts, shipped early customer-facing tools, and helped founders turn rough workflows into maintainable software.

Education

Pratt Institute

M.S. Information Experience Design

2013 - 2015

University of Washington

B.S. Human Centered Design & Engineering

2009 - 2013

Side projects

Review Kit

A compact review queue pattern for AI-assisted decisions, escalation notes, and human approval states.

Next.jsAI UXAudit Trails
Atlas Tables

Table primitives for dense operational software: filters, pinned columns, row actions, and keyboard paths.

ReactData UIA11y
Launch Notes

A lightweight release-note workflow that keeps product, support, and go-to-market teams aligned.

MDXWorkflowWriting

Start a focused conversation

Share the shape of the product, the team, and what needs to work better. I usually reply when there is a clear fit.

Best for project intros: a short note about the project, timing, and team.

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