Ricky Zhang

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Ricky engineers the product experience, from freeform design to structured design to code realization. I enjoy designing dev tools and building Hug✗Hug design systems. Designing global search experience A short story answering: Why did I choose to be a hybrid? How does it make me a better designer for the team? Nov 11, 2023 2 min View Ricky's resume Brightness 50% Building multi-device design systems Refreshing Mosaic’s icon system 8.4K 2.4K My Figma plugins octicons-extended Fun and freelance More about me I'm a seasoned anime guy. I love playing badminton! I have a lovely grey long-hair cat. I'm a serious Figma expert (built plugins and decoded their data schemas) and one of its earliest users. I enjoy going to hackthons. I am a runner! I have run 4 marathons in 2023. I play a lot of Paradox's strategy and simulation games I am a big fan of Tailwind CSS and styled-components. I got two turtles sunbathing next to me. I like the diversity of Ubisoft's games. My speciality topics I hav

Make designs happen I'm a design engineer specializing in design systems, passionate about fintech and dev tools. I help engineers and designers move faster together. What got me here? I designed my first UI in grade 8. I immediately knew this would be what I want to do for the rest of my life. I also loved programming but I hadn't found a way to combine the two. Until I read about Prototyping a Smoother Map by a Google's UX engineer - I was fascinated by the idea of being at the intersection of design and engineering. What is design engineering to me? To me, it is about making designs…

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