With 10+ years experience in both product design and front-end engineering, I’m very passionate about user-centric design and bringing ideas from concept to completion.
My name is Adekunle Oduye (Add-eh-koon-lay Oh-due-yay) & I'm a UX Engineer born / breed / based in Brooklyn, New York. Currently I'm at Plaid, where I'm helping to build Threads, Plaid's official design system.
In the past, I've built products for companies like NASDAQ, Memorial Sloan Kettering, and Mailchimp.
Outside of work I stay active doing the following:
- Co-host of the Code and Pixels Podcast.
- I'm a Specification Editor for Design Tokens W3C Community Group where I'm helping to create a standard for design tokens at scale.
- Mentor & coach designers and front-end developers.
- I speak at events around the world about product design, design system, and prototyping.
In the past, I was:
- A mentor at Emergent Works, an organization that teaches code skills to individuals and communities impacted by incarceration system.
- A co-organizer for SassConf and GothamSass.
Companies I worked at:
Fun Facts#
Born & Raised in
Brooklyn, NY
# of countries visited
20+
1st generation
Nigerian-American
Press#
- 60. Adekunle Oduye from Plaid: Systems and solving problems for its users
Design Systems Podcast, 2023 - This fintech design engineer shares his 5 methods for getting cross-company buy-in
Shaping Design, 2022 - 404: Adekunle Oduye
Revision Path, 2021 - 8: Adekunle Oduye
Talk Product, 2021 - 102: Automation is the Goal (Adekunle Oduye)
Tentative, 2020 - The 14 Most Influential DesignOps Leaders in 2020
Superside, 2020 - DesignOps at Mailchimp
DesignOps Melbourne, 2020 - Adekunle Oduye, Product Designer
People of Color in Tech, 2017 - Adekunle Oduye — Justworks
Interface Lovers, 2017 - 21: Adekunle Oduye
Revision Path, 2014 - CSS preprocessors
PSD to WORDPRESS, 2014
- 60. Adekunle Oduye from Plaid: Systems and solving problems for its users
Publication#
- Design Engineering Handbook
Invision, 2020 - The new hybrid design role that’s completely transforming how product teams innovate
Invision, 2020 - Creating front-end prototypes for a great user experience
Heart Internet, 2018
- Design Engineering Handbook
Adekunle worked for me and I found him to be a great employee. He was very knowledgeable, responsible and professional.
Speaking#
I've given many talks over the years on topics surrounding design and development. Check out my speaking page for more details.
Adekunle Oduye is a great person and creative individual... He has worked on many of my projects and always delivers... I highly recommend him to anyone who needs a professional graphic artist and more.
What I do#
Design
- Product Design
- Rapid Prototyping
- UI Animation
Technology
- Design System
- Front-end Development
- CMS Development
principles#
- Focus
- Empowerment
- Authenticity
- Quality
- Proactiveness