About
I'm Maxwell Young, a design engineer based in Auckland, New Zealand. I work at Silk, contributing to their iOS and Android apps in React Native.
On the side I run ninetynine.digital, a one-person studio for independent apps and client work. I also release music as Maxwell Young.
Experience
- Software Research Assistant at University of Auckland (Apr 2026 – Present, funded safer-medicines research)
- Mobile Design Engineer at Silk (September 2025 – Present)
- Software Research Assistant at Auckland University of Technology (Nov 2025 – Jan 2026, funded sleep research)
- Design Engineer at ninetynine.digital (Apr 2023 – Present)
- Data Intelligence UI Developer at Spark New Zealand (Nov 2022 – Apr 2023)
Education
- B.Sc. Computer & Information Sciences — Auckland University of Technology (2024 – expected 2026)
- Certificate in Web Development (Level 6) — Dev Academy Aotearoa (2022)