BRETT GRISINGER
design systems | AI-powered interfaces | developer tools

STAFF UI
ENGINEER

I've spent my career at the intersection of design and engineering. What drives me is the challenge of bringing life to complex technical systems where they are useful, consistent, respond with feedback or motion and feel effortless to use.

What began with interactive campaigns at Starz grew into large-scale design systems at Apartments.com and Indeed, and now into AI-powered employer interfaces at Indeed. Each stage sharpened a key insight:

"The best UI solutions emerge from the tension between what designers envision, what users need, and what's technically possible. That intersection is where innovation happens."

Today, I shape our AI-driven recruiting platform UI and build scalable component libraries. I partner with design, product, and engineering teams to ensure accessibility and visual consistency across product teams, while mentoring engineers to establish practices that sustain quality at scale.

"Building components is just the starting point. The real value comes from creating flexible systems that adapt to product needs and teach, guide, and prevent problems before they happen."

The Journey So Far

Staff UI Engineer

Indeed (Remote)

1.21 - Present

Senior UI Engineer

Apartments.com (Irvine, CA)

8.19 - 1.21

Senior UI Engineer

Indeed (San Francisco, CA)

6.18 - 8.19

Lead UI/UX Engineer

STARZ Lionsgate (Englewood, CO)

11.16 - 6.18

Senior UI/UX Engineer

STARZ Lionsgate (Englewood, CO)

9.10 - 11.16

Frontend Engineer

Faction Media (Denver, CO)

9.09 - 9.10

Frontend Engineer

National CineMedia (Denver, CO)

6.09 - 9.09

Frontend Engineer

On Target Jobs (Denver, CO)

1.09 - 6.09

Frontend Engineer

AFComponents & UMapper (Denver, CO)

8.07 - 12.09

Bachelor of Arts, Graphic Design

University of Colorado (Denver, CO)

6.06

What I Work With

Frontend Development

React
TypeScript
JavaScript
Next
Svelte
HTML
CSS
Tailwind CSS
CSS-in-JS
React Native
GraphQL
Apollo Client
Jotai
Context
Microfrontends

Design Systems & UI

Component Libraries
Design Tokens
Storybook
Chromatic
Motion.dev
Lottie
GSAP
Figma
Accessibility (WCAG)
Responsive
Cross-browser

Development Tools

Git
Webpack
Vite
ESLint
Prettier
Jest
React Testing Library
Playwright
npm/pnpm
CI/CD
AWS
Claude
Cursor

AI & Integration

LLM APIs
Conversational UI
AI Integration
Prompt Engineering

Leadership & Process

Technical Mentorship
Cross-functional Collaboration
Code Review
Architecture Diagrams
ADRs
Documentation
A/B Testing
Prototyping
Performance Optimization
Agile/Scrum