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I design and build software, end to end.
I'm Austin Baird, a design engineer in Chicago. I work across product design and front-end engineering to turn ambiguous ideas into clear, thoughtful experiences.
Currently, I'm bridging design and engineering at Marit, helping ideas move from early exploration to production without losing the details that made them good.
How I work
Thoughtful systems, practical outcomes.
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Make the problem clear
Good work starts by turning ambiguity into a shared understanding of what matters and why.
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Work across the seams
I move between product thinking, interaction design, systems, and code to keep ideas intact through production.
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Care about the last ten percent
The small details—language, motion, states, and performance—are what make software feel considered.