Design Engineer · Product Designer · Frontend (React, TypeScript, Next.js)

Design EngineerProduct Designer

I take complex products from research and Figma to production React and TypeScript.

I design product interfaces and ship them in code — React, TypeScript, and Next.js — for teams that need both craft and implementation.

Kevin Arthur, Design Engineer and Product Designer based in Vancouver, Canada

Expertise Areas

Design engineering first, then the product-design work that feeds it.

Design Engineering

Shipping the interface in React and TypeScript — tokens, components, and the editor chrome — not just handing off mocks.

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AI & Complex Interfaces

Designing for uncertainty, confidence scoring, and human-in-the-loop workflows. Clinical-AI tools and developer tools where the UI is the contract.

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Product Design

End-to-end product design from research to launch. I identify high-leverage problems and design solutions that balance user needs with technical constraints.

Career Highlights

Jun 2026 – Present

Founder, Designer & Engineer

Varve · Vancouver, Canada

I design and ship Varve, a free, local-first design suite: a React/TypeScript editor on a Rust/WASM engine, its own DTCG token design system, and six task workspaces. Public beta v0.5.0 on Linux, macOS and Windows. Source-available under FSL-1.1-MIT.

  • Product direction, interface design, and production editor code
  • Local-first desktop app — no account required
  • Browser demo at varve.studio/try

November 2023 – May 2025

Product Designer

minoHealth AI Labs · Accra, Ghana

Owned product design for clinical-AI tools, including Moremi AI. Designed clinical workflows, AI-uncertainty states, and a WCAG 2.2-oriented component system used by clinicians on phones and desktops.

  • Clinical workflows and AI-uncertainty states
  • Component system used on phones and desktops

April 2018 – Current

Freelance UI/UX Designer

Self Employed · Remote

Independent product and interface design across fintech, e-commerce, and SaaS — research through handoff and production UI.

  • End-to-end design from research to handoff
  • Design systems and component libraries

August 2021 – January 2022

Creative Designer

SISCODE/GH · Accra, Ghana

Brand identity systems and visual design in a collaborative agency environment.

  • Brand identity systems
  • Mentored junior designers

UI/UX Design Intern, Charles Technology Africa Ltd (November 2021 – January 2022)

How I work

Great design happens when strategy meets implementation. I design for uncertainty in AI products, and I ship the interface in code so the tokens, states, and constraints stay honest.

Education

MSc Applied Computer Science, Fairleigh Dickinson University Vancouver, expected Dec 2026. BSc Computer Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology (Graduated November 2023).

Get in touch

Open to design engineer and frontend roles.

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