UX Engineer | Design Systems Advocate | AI enhanced Front End Architect

I build scalable design systems and front end architectures that bridge design and engineering. My focus is on accessible, consistent UI foundations, strong developer experience, and measurable product velocity.

Microsoft – Senior UX Engineer
2017 to present

• Led UI and UX engineering for shared component libraries adopted across Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive
• Built design to engineering tooling that shortens handoff, improves prototyping fidelity, and aligns tokens, theming, and motion across products
• Shipped accessible, high interaction components with ARIA patterns, keyboard and screen reader support, and high contrast theming
• Partnered with core design system teams to deliver shared, high value components that reduce redundancy and raise quality at scale

More details: ux-engineer.com

Design systems at scale
Governance, contribution models, tokens and theming, release strategy, documentation, change management

Component architecture
Pattern libraries, state and interaction modeling, motion and presence patterns, multi platform alignment

Accessibility and quality
WCAG 2.2 AA conformance, semantic structure, input and focus management, automated and manual testing

Performance and reliability
Rendering and bundle strategy, profiling and budgets, regression detection in CI, visual and interaction diffs

Tooling and developer experience
Design to code pipelines, UI build and release workflows, preview and review environments, reliability gates

AI assisted engineering
Retrieval augmented docs and examples, code review automation, agent based helper tools in the UI workflow

• AI integrated workflows for rapid prototyping, testing, and documentation
• Cross stack standardization of high value components and patterns
• Scalable dashboard layouts, multi state UIs, and motion systems for presence and activity
• Property and permit intelligence systems as a SaaS MVP

MagicBox
Desktop tool for minifying, organizing, and exporting design and source assets per project
https://github.com/akatrukhin/MagicBox

Fluent UI React Charts
Accessible charting components with Teams theming and high contrast support
https://officedev.github.io/microsoft-data-visualization-library/?path=/story/charts-stacked-bar--high-contrast

Teams React UI Library
Component library aligned with the Microsoft Teams UI Kit for building robust, accessible Teams apps
https://63587347138fdad13ed63ccd-omfbjvvebn.chromatic.com/?path=/story/ui-templates-task-boards--kitchen-sink

Email: a.katrukhin@gmail.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alexanderkatrukhin
Portfolio: ux-engineer.com