Frontend Developer & Designer

Frontend engineer who thinks like a designer. I prototype in Figma and ship what I design

01Synchrony (Professional work)
  1. 01

    Prototype first

    Every feature starts as a high-fidelity Figma prototype, reviewed with stakeholders before a line of production code is written.

  2. Shared components used across several apps
    02

    Building the product

    After designing, I build the final interfaces in React, ensuring all components are consistent and tested.

  3. 03

    Shipped to production

    I build the final interfaces in React, taking care of the states, edge cases and motion details the prototype implies.

02Personal project
  1. Core user flow screens
    01

    The core app

    Creating a home page that feels familiar and puts user's most desired features front and center

  2. Visual direction and type explorations
    02

    Visual direction

    Settled on clean type with pixelated accent details, which will match the blocky design of the roo created in three.js

03Visual work03 / 03

Posters & Motion

Outside of work I design posters and edit videos! It's where I experiment with design further than a UI usually allows.

  • The Weeknd Split Poster
  • Dark Souls 3 Poster
  • LUX Poster
  • Frank Ocean Mixed Media
  • Akriila Poster
  • Tiffany Day Vertical Poster
  • Grave of the Fireflies Poster

About

Matthew McMurray

I'm a software engineer working mostly on the frontend, and I care most about the part people actually touch. At work I design high-fidelity prototypes in Figma, then build them into the production product myself.

Before that I worked as a design assistant at UConn, and I've taken design coursework alongside my engineering classes. Outside of work I create posters and edit videos.

Design

  • Figma
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • Premiere Pro
  • After Effects

Languages & Frameworks

  • React
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • CSS & motion

Tools

  • Cloudbees CI/CD Pipeline
  • MCP Servers
  • Github Copilot
  • Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF)

Contact

Let's build something meaningful.