Designer that codes. Coder that designs.
I came up through design before moving into engineering. What gets built matches what was intended.
designer / engineeravailable for hire
charles pfaff
Design thinking. Engineering execution.
I spent three years at AKQA building interfaces and AI-driven prototypes for Fortune 500 clients. I hold an MBA in Experience Design from VCU Brandcenter, which is a long way of saying I think about what something feels like before I think about how to build it.
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Why me
Small teams, real ownership.
If you're a small team who cares more about building the right thing than following the right process, let's talk.
I follow the problem.
Web, AI, VR — I don't have a default. The problem decides the medium, not the other way around.
Built for small teams.
I do my best work where there's ownership and proximity. Less handoff, more making.
Work
Selected Work
Client
Web
Capital One
2023–2024
Front-End Engineer
Modular components powering travel booking and lounge experiences at scale.
Client
AI
Coca-Cola
2024
Creative Technologist
AI-driven brand experiences that turned experimental ideas into working prototypes.
Client
Web
Realberry
2025
Engineer
Refreshing a real estate brand to attract a new generation of investors.
Client
Web
PMI
2024
Front-End Engineer
A cleaner, faster digital home for the world's largest project management community.
Tools
Modern Tooling
front end
React
TypeScript
Next.js
Tailwind
back end
Supabase
Node.js
Vercel
Git
ai tooling
OpenAI
Anthropic
LangGraph
design
Figma
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