Jordan Ellis

I build design systems and the product surfaces that depend on them. Most of my work sits where accessibility, performance, and editorial craft meet — the unglamorous parts that make an interface feel trustworthy.

1. Senior Product Engineer

   2022 — Present

   Northstar Labs

   Owns the hiring workspace used by 40k candidates a month. Led the App Router migration and built the design-system foundation now shared by four product squads.

2. Product Engineer

   2019 — 2022

   Brightline Studio

   Shipped a client portal and billing flow, replacing a spreadsheet workflow with a guided application process.

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  Engineering3 min read · 5d

  The review that made me a better engineer

  It was two sentences long, and it was about the thing I had not done.