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Jerry Hamlet
Independent Design Engineer
Summary
I take on the work that fits no one team's backlog. A build system that cut rebuild time for Netflix's TVUI from 40 seconds to near zero. A web interface that met 80% of the needs of hundreds of AR/VR scientists at Meta. I operate the patterns across domains, then build what they reveal.
Engineering and design, from illustration to systems. Breadth has always been the asset. One person with expertise and insight, designing and building with small teams and companies. Mentoring them so they own what is made.
Core Capabilities
- Design and Engineering as One
- Design judgment carries through to shipped product.
- Interface Architecture
- Systems that keep a product team moving.
- Developer Tooling
- Build systems, CLI tooling, and automation that teams adopt and keep.
- AI-Augmented Development
- Spec-driven, human-reviewed: faster, better product.
- Force Multiplication
- Raising the bar. Strengthening teams by teaching while building.
Experience
Independent Design Engineer — HamletInk
2024 – now- Interface architecture, developer tooling, and the decisions between, for small product teams: design and build in one pair of hands
- Spec-driven development turns intent into robust architecture and code
- Open source library author of svg-react-loader (559 stars, ~500K/month)
Principal UI Engineer — Meta
2018 – 2022- Web tools for hundreds of scientists and engineers; one solution met 80% of varied needs
- Data visualization in SVG and WebGL; UI tooling across the infrastructure organization
- Mentored 6–7 engineers; 2+ advanced to senior
UI Architect — LogicHub
2017 – 2018- Graph-based security-automation platform with drag-and-drop, shortcuts and undo/redo
Senior UI Engineer, TVUI — Netflix
2010 – 2016- Founding engineer: team of 4 grew to 40+, serving 100M+ users in 212 countries
- TVUI build system: rebuilds from 40 seconds to near zero
- Search UI with functional reactive programming; i18n standards for regional expansion
Earlier: Yahoo (search in 40 markets), BIG Design (SanDisk Sansa, 30+ languages), Halleck, Aquent.
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