The Dual-Craft Practitioner

Designing interfaces. Building digital products.

I am TechUsar, an independent graphic designer and full-stack software engineer with over 8 years of production experience building digital products from scratch.

Traditional product organizations draw a thick line between the creative studio and the engineering bullpen. In my work, that boundary does not exist. I sketch brand identity marks in vector tools with the exact same fluency as I architect database schemas and deploy TypeScript server components.

When one mind understands both the optical physics of typographic kerning and the distributed guarantees of ACID database transactions, digital products achieve a standard of cohesion rarely found in committee-built software.

QUICK PROFILE
📍 Based in: Remote / Worldwide
⚡ Primary Focus: Full-Stack & UI/UX
🎯 Experience: 8+ Years
✨ Design Tool: Illustrator, Figma
💻 Code Tool: Next.js, Node, TS

What I Design

Brand identities, logos, comprehensive design systems, typography guidelines, screen-printed posters, UI design for high-complexity web and mobile applications, and visual artifacts that resist trends.

  • Identity systems & vector logotypes
  • Multi-brand Figma token architectures
  • Editorial print & packaging layouts

What I Build

Full-stack web applications, reactive SaaS dashboards, accessible component libraries, high-performance marketing engines, and developer tools powered by modern TypeScript and Node ecosystems.

  • Next.js 15 App Router & React 19
  • PostgreSQL / Redis / REST / GraphQL APIs
  • Tailwind CSS & Framer Motion interactions
Capability Matrix

Technical & Creative Proficiency

Design & Visual Systems

Crafting intentional visual languages, vector geometry, design tokens, and editorial typography.

UI / UX DesignExpert

Systems, heuristics, micro-interactions, responsive architecture

Graphic DesignExpert

Editorial layout, poster design, Swiss grid systems, print craft

Brand IdentityExpert

Logomark exploration, brand guidelines, color theory, positioning

Design SystemsExpert

Token architecture, Figma Tokens API, Radix primitives, WCAG AAA

Motion DesignAdvanced

Spring physics, layout transitions, CSS animation, Motion/Framer

Typography & LayoutExpert

Optical kerning, variable font pairing, baseline rhythm, print die-lines

Frontend Engineering

Building snappy, accessible, and mathematically sound web experiences with modern frameworks.

React 19 & Next.js 15Expert

App Router, React Server Components, Server Actions, suspense streaming

TypeScriptExpert

Strict typing, generic abstractions, AST parsing, utility types

Tailwind CSSExpert

Tailwind v4, design token plugins, responsive layouts, zero runtime

JavaScript (ESNext)Expert

Web Workers, Web Audio API, Canvas 2D, asynchronous concurrency

Responsive Web DesignExpert

Fluid typography, container queries, mobile touch ergonomics

State Management & MotionExpert

Zustand, React Context, Motion (Framer), layout transitions

Backend & Systems Engineering

Designing robust API contracts, high-concurrency gateways, and structured database architectures.

C# / .NET 9Advanced

ASP.NET Core Web API, Entity Framework Core, background workers, LINQ

PHP 8.3 & LaravelAdvanced

RESTful services, Eloquent ORM, queue workers, transactional pipelines

Node.js & Edge RuntimeExpert

V8 internals, Express, Next.js API routes, Cloudflare Workers

PostgreSQL & SQL ServerAdvanced

ACID transactions, indexed schemas, TimescaleDB, migrations

MySQL & RedisAdvanced

Pub/sub streaming, distributed cache, performance profiling

REST & WebSocketsExpert

Bidirectional streaming, event push, resilient reconnections

Tooling & Creative Software

The creative and developer toolchain used daily to ideate, prototype, test, and ship.

Figma & FigJamExpert

Components, auto-layout, interactive prototypes, variables

Adobe Creative CloudExpert

Illustrator (vector mastery), Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects

Git & GitHubExpert

Semantic releases, CI/CD Actions, branch workflows, review discipline

VS Code & JetBrainsExpert

Rider, WebStorm, custom keybindings, debugging instrumentation

Docker & ContainersProficient

Multi-stage Dockerfiles, compose environments, deployment packaging

Vercel & CloudflareExpert

Edge networks, preview deployments, DNS and domain routing

Experience Timeline

Selected leadership and engineering milestones.

2022 — PresentRemote / Global

Lead Designer & Principal Full-Stack Engineer at TechUsar Studio

Operating an independent design and software engineering studio building bespoke digital products, brand identities, and high-conversion web themes for international clients.

Next.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSC# / .NETPHPPostgreSQLFigmaIllustrator
2020 — 2022London / Hybrid

Senior Product Designer & Frontend Lead at Kroma Systems

Led a cross-functional squad of 8 engineers and 3 designers building an enterprise infrastructure observability dashboard.

ReactTypeScriptTailwind CSSD3.jsFigmaStorybookWebSockets
2018 — 2020San Francisco, CA

Full-Stack Developer & Brand Designer at Vortex Interactive

Developed custom web applications and bespoke visual identities for emerging tech startups and venture-backed founders.

PHP / LaravelJavaScriptMySQLCSS3 / SassAdobe IllustratorInDesign
Active R&D Focus

What I Am Currently Exploring

WebAssembly (Wasm) & Rust for real-time browser canvas rasterization
Variable font axes orchestration via fluid physics spring drivers
Local-first CRDT synchronization architectures using electric-sql and SQLite
Fine-tuning custom typography vector models for generative packaging mockups
Edge-rendered streaming micro-frontends with sub-5ms TTFB