Maxwell Young

Design Engineer

Design Engineer at Silk. Building Liner, a spatial canvas for music. Shipping apps independently through ninetynine digital, including Vape Quit Coach on iOS. I also make music as Maxwell Young.

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Maxwell Young

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Experience

Mobile Design Engineer
SilkJun 2024 – Present

React Native product work across publishing, archives, and media-heavy flows.

  • Built interfaces for publishing, archives, and media-heavy mobile flows.
  • Shipped upload and archive features across iOS and Android.
Research Assistant + Masters Student
Auckland University of Technology2025 – Present

Computer science study and research work at AUT.

  • Worked on visualizations for ML model uncertainty in health contexts.
  • Built Liner, a spatial canvas for music, with tldraw, audio playback, and Convex sync.
  • Coursework included AI, HCI, special topics, and project research.
Design Engineer
Freelance (ninetynine.digital)Apr 2023 – Present

Design and development work across client sites and independent products.

  • Built and shipped Vape Quit Coach for iOS in React Native and Expo.
  • Improved Shopify performance and layout stability for Goodness Gracious.
  • Built portfolio and CMS work for Ch'lita and Dayle in Next.js and Sanity.
  • Handled design, frontend, CMS setup, and deployment across projects.
Data Intelligence UI Developer
Spark New ZealandNov 2022 – Apr 2023

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

B.Sc. Computer & Information Sciences (Software Development, Data Science)
Auckland University of Technology2024 – 2026 (Expected)
Certificate in Web Development (Level 6)
Dev Academy Aotearoa2022