Hi, I'm Derek
Hi, I'm Derek
Hi, I'm Derek
Hi, I'm Derek
Frontend engineering · UI Architecture · DESIGN SYSTEMS
Frontend engineering · UI Architecture · DESIGN SYSTEMS
I build and engineer production-ready frontend interfaces for SaaS platforms, pairing strong design judgment with accessible, maintainable UI code.
Case Studies
Design Systems
UI Architecture
Enterprise SaaS
Turning Compliance Data into Actionable Decisions
Led design and engineering efforts to replace a fragmented dashboard with a clear, actionable experience built on scalable UI architecture and user-validated workflows.
UI Design
Design Systems
Prototyping
Delivering Financial Services to Neighbors and Small Businesses
Providing our neighbors and local businesses the financial tools they need to reach their goals.
Figma
SEO
Interaction Design
Serving Healthy Food to the Capital Region
Creating a fresh online experience for a healthy food restaurant in the middle of a growth spurt.
WordPress
WCAG AA
Information Architecture
Designing a Digital Roadmap for AAA Hudson Valley
Website and CMS revamp for established business looking to improve their online presence and advertise lesser-known services.
Squarespace
Wireframing
CSS3
Revamping Website to Match Rebrand & Appeal to High-End Audience
Custom luxury Squarespace website designed to increase conversion rate for wedding and event planning business.
Shopify
E-Commerce
Sitemapping
Designing an Online Catalogue for Fast-Growing Wedding Business
Shopify website designed to bring wedding stationery and signage products to customers via e-commerce.
Case Studies
Design Systems
UI Architecture
Enterprise SaaS
Turning Compliance Data into Actionable Decisions
Led design and engineering efforts to replace a fragmented dashboard with a clear, actionable experience built on scalable UI architecture and user-validated workflows.
UI Design
Design Systems
Prototyping
Delivering Financial Services to Neighbors and Small Businesses
Providing our neighbors and local businesses the financial tools they need to reach their goals.
Figma
SEO
Interaction Design
Serving Healthy Food to the Capital Region
Creating a fresh online experience for a healthy food restaurant in the middle of a growth spurt.
WordPress
WCAG AA
Information Architecture
Designing a Digital Roadmap for AAA Hudson Valley
Website and CMS revamp for established business looking to improve their online presence and advertise lesser-known services.
Squarespace
Wireframing
CSS3
Revamping Website to Match Rebrand & Appeal to High-End Audience
Custom luxury Squarespace website designed to increase conversion rate for wedding and event planning business.
Shopify
E-Commerce
Sitemapping
Designing an Online Catalogue for Fast-Growing Wedding Business
Shopify website designed to bring wedding stationery and signage products to customers via e-commerce.
Case Studies
Design Systems
UI Architecture
Enterprise SaaS
Turning Compliance Data into Actionable Decisions
Led design and engineering efforts to replace a fragmented dashboard with a clear, actionable experience built on scalable UI architecture and user-validated workflows.
UI Design
Design Systems
Prototyping
Delivering Financial Services to Neighbors and Small Businesses
Providing our neighbors and local businesses the financial tools they need to reach their goals.
Figma
SEO
Interaction Design
Serving Healthy Food to the Capital Region
Creating a fresh online experience for a healthy food restaurant in the middle of a growth spurt.
WordPress
WCAG AA
Information Architecture
Designing a Digital Roadmap for AAA Hudson Valley
Website and CMS revamp for established business looking to improve their online presence and advertise lesser-known services.
Squarespace
Wireframing
CSS3
Revamping Website to Match Rebrand & Appeal to High-End Audience
Custom luxury Squarespace website designed to increase conversion rate for wedding and event planning business.
Shopify
E-Commerce
Sitemapping
Designing an Online Catalogue for Fast-Growing Wedding Business
Shopify website designed to bring wedding stationery and signage products to customers via e-commerce.
Case Studies
Design Systems
UI Architecture
Enterprise SaaS
Turning Compliance Data into Actionable Decisions
Led design and engineering efforts to replace a fragmented dashboard with a clear, actionable experience built on scalable UI architecture and user-validated workflows.
UI Design
Design Systems
Prototyping
Delivering Financial Services to Neighbors and Small Businesses
Providing our neighbors and local businesses the financial tools they need to reach their goals.
Figma
SEO
Interaction Design
Serving Healthy Food to the Capital Region
Creating a fresh online experience for a healthy food restaurant in the middle of a growth spurt.
WordPress
WCAG AA
Information Architecture
Designing a Digital Roadmap for AAA Hudson Valley
Website and CMS revamp for established business looking to improve their online presence and advertise lesser-known services.
Squarespace
Wireframing
CSS3
Revamping Website to Match Rebrand & Appeal to High-End Audience
Custom luxury Squarespace website designed to increase conversion rate for wedding and event planning business.
Shopify
E-Commerce
Sitemapping
Designing an Online Catalogue for Fast-Growing Wedding Business
Shopify website designed to bring wedding stationery and signage products to customers via e-commerce.
My Journey
I build frontend systems where clarity, consistency, and long-term maintainability matter as much as visual quality.
My work has evolved from designing individual interfaces to architecting scalable UI systems that support complex, data-driven product workflows. I operate at the intersection of frontend engineering, design systems, and product strategy, where component architecture, token-driven styling, and production implementation are inseparable from UX thinking.
Today, I partner closely with product and engineering teams to translate ambiguous requirements into intuitive, production-ready interfaces. I design systems that scale, ensure fidelity from Figma to code, and make deliberate technical decisions that balance user experience, platform constraints, and business goals.
2021 - Present
Founder & Design Engineer
Derek Halloran Designs, LLC. — Malta, NY
Led end-to-end product design and frontend implementation for B2B and B2C clients, owning stakeholder communication, project scoping, and delivery from discovery through launch. Delivered component-driven UI systems and production websites while balancing performance, accessibility, maintainability, and evolving business objectives within real-world technical constraints.
2024 - 2026
UI/UX Software Engineer
Concord Compliance, Inc. — Beverly, MA
Led the end-to-end redesign and frontend implementation of a mission-critical compliance SaaS dashboard, translating complex regulatory data and rule-driven workflows into intuitive, scalable UI patterns. Improved workflow clarity and reduced cognitive load by standardizing interaction models and simplifying navigation hierarchy. Drove UX strategy and sprint planning while partnering closely with engineering on frontend implementation and RESTful API integration throughout delivery.
Architected and implemented a token-driven design system aligned with Figma variables and production styles to support the evolution of the React-based v2 platform. Built modular, reusable React components using Tailwind and scalable CSS architecture, enabling consistent theming, increased developer velocity, and long-term maintainability. Established system patterns and implementation standards that reduced UI drift and ensured fidelity between design and production code.
2022 - 2024
UI/UX Designer
Elevation Ten Thousand — Latham, NY
Designed user interfaces and scalable visual systems across product and marketing initiatives, translating business objectives and user requirements into structured, conversion-focused web experiences. Partnered with developers to ensure design fidelity in production, contributing frontend markup and styles while aligning interaction patterns with technical constraints and platform capabilities.
My Journey
I build frontend systems where clarity, consistency, and long-term maintainability matter as much as visual quality.
My work has evolved from designing individual interfaces to architecting scalable UI systems that support complex, data-driven product workflows. I operate at the intersection of frontend engineering, design systems, and product strategy, where component architecture, token-driven styling, and production implementation are inseparable from UX thinking.
Today, I partner closely with product and engineering teams to translate ambiguous requirements into intuitive, production-ready interfaces. I design systems that scale, ensure fidelity from Figma to code, and make deliberate technical decisions that balance user experience, platform constraints, and business goals.
2021 - Present
Founder & Design Engineer
Derek Halloran Designs, LLC. — Malta, NY
Led end-to-end product design and frontend implementation for B2B and B2C clients, owning stakeholder communication, project scoping, and delivery from discovery through launch. Delivered component-driven UI systems and production websites while balancing performance, accessibility, maintainability, and evolving business objectives within real-world technical constraints.
2024 - 2026
UI/UX Software Engineer
Concord Compliance, Inc. — Beverly, MA
Led the end-to-end redesign and frontend implementation of a mission-critical compliance SaaS dashboard, translating complex regulatory data and rule-driven workflows into intuitive, scalable UI patterns. Improved workflow clarity and reduced cognitive load by standardizing interaction models and simplifying navigation hierarchy. Drove UX strategy and sprint planning while partnering closely with engineering on frontend implementation and RESTful API integration throughout delivery.
Architected and implemented a token-driven design system aligned with Figma variables and production styles to support the evolution of the React-based v2 platform. Built modular, reusable React components using Tailwind and scalable CSS architecture, enabling consistent theming, increased developer velocity, and long-term maintainability. Established system patterns and implementation standards that reduced UI drift and ensured fidelity between design and production code.
2022 - 2024
UI/UX Designer
Elevation Ten Thousand — Latham, NY
Designed user interfaces and scalable visual systems across product and marketing initiatives, translating business objectives and user requirements into structured, conversion-focused web experiences. Partnered with developers to ensure design fidelity in production, contributing frontend markup and styles while aligning interaction patterns with technical constraints and platform capabilities.
My Journey
I build frontend systems where clarity, consistency, and long-term maintainability matter as much as visual quality.
My work has evolved from designing individual interfaces to architecting scalable UI systems that support complex, data-driven product workflows. I operate at the intersection of frontend engineering, design systems, and product strategy, where component architecture, token-driven styling, and production implementation are inseparable from UX thinking.
Today, I partner closely with product and engineering teams to translate ambiguous requirements into intuitive, production-ready interfaces. I design systems that scale, ensure fidelity from Figma to code, and make deliberate technical decisions that balance user experience, platform constraints, and business goals.
2021 - Present
Founder & Design Engineer
Derek Halloran Designs, LLC. — Malta, NY
Led end-to-end product design and frontend implementation for B2B and B2C clients, owning stakeholder communication, project scoping, and delivery from discovery through launch. Delivered component-driven UI systems and production websites while balancing performance, accessibility, maintainability, and evolving business objectives within real-world technical constraints.
2024 - 2026
UI/UX Software Engineer
Concord Compliance, Inc. — Beverly, MA
Led the end-to-end redesign and frontend implementation of a mission-critical compliance SaaS dashboard, translating complex regulatory data and rule-driven workflows into intuitive, scalable UI patterns. Improved workflow clarity and reduced cognitive load by standardizing interaction models and simplifying navigation hierarchy. Drove UX strategy and sprint planning while partnering closely with engineering on frontend implementation and RESTful API integration throughout delivery.
Architected and implemented a token-driven design system aligned with Figma variables and production styles to support the evolution of the React-based v2 platform. Built modular, reusable React components using Tailwind and scalable CSS architecture, enabling consistent theming, increased developer velocity, and long-term maintainability. Established system patterns and implementation standards that reduced UI drift and ensured fidelity between design and production code.
2022 - 2024
UI/UX Designer
Elevation Ten Thousand — Latham, NY
Designed user interfaces and scalable visual systems across product and marketing initiatives, translating business objectives and user requirements into structured, conversion-focused web experiences. Partnered with developers to ensure design fidelity in production, contributing frontend markup and styles while aligning interaction patterns with technical constraints and platform capabilities.
My Journey
I build frontend systems where clarity, consistency, and long-term maintainability matter as much as visual quality.
My work has evolved from designing individual interfaces to architecting scalable UI systems that support complex, data-driven product workflows. I operate at the intersection of frontend engineering, design systems, and product strategy, where component architecture, token-driven styling, and production implementation are inseparable from UX thinking.
Today, I partner closely with product and engineering teams to translate ambiguous requirements into intuitive, production-ready interfaces. I design systems that scale, ensure fidelity from Figma to code, and make deliberate technical decisions that balance user experience, platform constraints, and business goals.
2021 - Present
Founder & Design Engineer
Derek Halloran Designs, LLC. — Malta, NY
Led end-to-end product design and frontend implementation for B2B and B2C clients, owning stakeholder communication, project scoping, and delivery from discovery through launch. Delivered component-driven UI systems and production websites while balancing performance, accessibility, maintainability, and evolving business objectives within real-world technical constraints.
2024 - 2026
UI/UX Software Engineer
Concord Compliance, Inc. — Beverly, MA
Led the end-to-end redesign and frontend implementation of a mission-critical compliance SaaS dashboard, translating complex regulatory data and rule-driven workflows into intuitive, scalable UI patterns. Improved workflow clarity and reduced cognitive load by standardizing interaction models and simplifying navigation hierarchy. Drove UX strategy and sprint planning while partnering closely with engineering on frontend implementation and RESTful API integration throughout delivery.
Architected and implemented a token-driven design system aligned with Figma variables and production styles to support the evolution of the React-based v2 platform. Built modular, reusable React components using Tailwind and scalable CSS architecture, enabling consistent theming, increased developer velocity, and long-term maintainability. Established system patterns and implementation standards that reduced UI drift and ensured fidelity between design and production code.
2022 - 2024
UI/UX Designer
Elevation Ten Thousand — Latham, NY
Designed user interfaces and scalable visual systems across product and marketing initiatives, translating business objectives and user requirements into structured, conversion-focused web experiences. Partnered with developers to ensure design fidelity in production, contributing frontend markup and styles while aligning interaction patterns with technical constraints and platform capabilities.