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PUBLIC DOSSIER · 2026

Maxwell Young

Design Engineer

Auckland, NZ
maxwell@ninetynine.digital
dev.maxwellyoung.info

Design engineer who led Silk's React Native app from its first build through launch and now leads ongoing mobile delivery. I also ship independent products from interaction design through architecture, accessibility, performance, and release.

Experience

Mobile Design EngineerSilk

Silk is a platform for blogging, private archives, and multimedia moodboards. Led its React Native app from initial build through launch and now lead ongoing delivery.

  • Built the initial mobile foundation and turned early product direction into production architecture, interface systems, and media-heavy flows.
  • Continue to own performance, accessibility, regression coverage, and real-device reliability across iOS and Android releases.
Software Research AssistantUniversity of Auckland

Own end-to-end software delivery across two medicines-safety research applications: Rx-Opt clinician decision-support and MRB-QoL 2.0 patient-reported outcomes.

  • Built Python ingestion and matching that turns six stages of spreadsheet-authored rules into traceable Next.js review workflows while preserving source provenance and ambiguity.
  • Shipped role-aware surveys, researcher dashboards, protected review tooling, server-backed persistence, and approval-gated rule promotion with privacy and end-to-end validation built in.
Design Engineerninetynine.digital

Independent product and client studio for mobile apps, web products, and CMS-backed portfolio work.

  • Take independent mobile and web products from interaction design through implementation, release, and iteration.
  • Delivered client sites with Next.js and Sanity for Ch'lita Collins (Fashion Editor-at-Large at i-D) and artist Dayle Palfreyman, plus Shopify performance and layout stability work for Goodness Gracious.
Software Research AssistantAuckland University of Technology

Mobile research tooling for sleep-session analysis and review.

  • Built a React Native and Expo app for session review, questionnaires, and sleep-stage visualization.
  • Integrated mobile, backend, and model-inference workflows for research use.
Data Intelligence UI DeveloperSpark New Zealand

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.

Flagship work

SilkProduction work

Silk's React Native app for iOS and Android — mobile lead from the first build through launch and every release since.

  • Built the mobile app from zero to launch as mobile lead
  • Own architecture, performance, and accessibility across iOS and Android
Vape Quit CoachLive

React Native iOS app for quitting vaping with coaching, recovery milestones, and relapse support.

  • Live on the iOS App Store
  • Solo-designed tracking, coaching, and relapse-support flows
Ch'litaClient shipped

Portfolio for Ch'lita Collins — Fashion Editor-at-Large at i-D — built around fast image browsing and quiet editorial motion.

  • Sanity-backed publishing flow for updating portfolio work without code changes
  • Responsive image treatment keeps the work prominent across mobile and desktop
LinerIn development

Spatial canvas for arranging music, notes, and references with playback-aware objects.

  • Local-first with optional cloud sync
  • Custom tldraw shapes for music-specific UX

Capabilities

Frontend & Mobile

TypeScript · React · React Native · Next.js · Expo · SwiftUI · Tailwind CSS · Framer Motion

Backend & Data

Node.js · PostgreSQL · Convex · Supabase · Prisma · Python

Design

Figma · Design Systems · Interaction Design · Prototyping

Systems & Tools

Three.js / WebGL · Accessibility (WCAG) · Performance (Core Web Vitals) · Claude / OpenAI APIs

Public authored portfolio data · dev.maxwellyoung.info