Jesse Winton
New York City based design engineer, specializing in building exceptional, performant products, delightful interactions and user experiences, and beautifully designed surfaces on the web. Typescript and type-safety die hard, and a huge fan of React. Playwright; have written and performed original work Off-Off Broadway. Management experience, but currently preferring to write code. Contact me here.
Now
Design Engineer at Appwrite, working on creating beautiful, performant, and delightful experiences throughout our marketing website and product.
Before
PlanetScale,Senior Design Engineer
2023-24Design engineering for an elite MySQL database. Worked on all features and surfaces of the marketing website, including global search, product documentation, growth features, and PlanetScales Resources Hub.
VeroSkills,Co-Founder & Head of Engineering
2021-23Rebuilt the alpha version of the platform and launched to general availability. Led a team of 12+ remote engineers and managed development of the product, including database and API design, product roadmapping, and product engineering.
One Day Doors & Closets,Front End Lead
2020-21Led a full rebuild of the marketing site, migrating from WordPress to a performant, dynamic Next.js application, allowing for efficient management of dealerships and location specific content through the in-house CRM. Deployed to an average of 100k unique monthly visitors, while maintaining SEO and discoverability. With an external consultant, responsible for the design and implementation of a full company rebrand.
Freelance,Designer & Engineer
2010-20Worked with agencies, individuals, and companies to ensure clear goals, and make technological decisions to ensure performant, well-designed, and well developed experiences across the web.
Tech
React
Typescript
Next.js
Tailwind
Framer Motion
GraphQL
Node.js
MySQL
Postgres
SvelteKit
Prisma
Drizzle