Current focus
Design-aware product engineering for content-rich platforms00 / HOME
Available for selective freelance and in-house product work
Portfolio / CMS / Remote MongoDB
Building elegant systems that stay editable as the story grows.
Full-stack product engineer shaping thoughtful digital experiences
This portfolio is structured like a living product: repeatable records for long-term experience, flexible blocks for storytelling, and an admin surface that makes updates feel operational instead of fragile.
01 / ABOUT
About
I like turning complex product requirements into systems that read clearly for users and stay sane for maintainers. My work usually sits where interface design, frontend architecture, and backend pragmatism meet.
CaesarBased in Shanghai, collaborating across time zones
Preferred stack
Next.js, TypeScript, Payload CMS, MongoDBWorking style
Structured, fast-moving, and quality-biased04 / EXPERIENCE
Experience timeline
A rolling view of product, platform, and frontend work across teams that needed speed without sacrificing maintainability.
Lead Product Engineer
Remote / APAC
Led the rebuild of a content-heavy platform that needed both editorial flexibility and strong frontend performance.
- Introduced a modular CMS model that reduced campaign turnaround from days to hours.
- Aligned design and engineering through reusable section primitives and predictable data contracts.
Senior Frontend Engineer
Shanghai
Built internal product surfaces and customer-facing marketing experiences with a focus on design fidelity and maintainable component systems.
- Created shared UI patterns that improved handoff quality and cut duplicated implementation effort.
- Partnered with product and brand teams to ship launches on tight deadlines without brittle code.
Frontend Engineer
Hybrid
Delivered multi-surface web experiences for clients who needed sharp presentation and dependable execution.
- Owned frontend delivery for several launches spanning campaign microsites, company sites, and dashboards.
- Established stronger QA and release habits that reduced last-minute regressions.
03 / PROJECTS
Featured projects
A few recent builds that show the mix of visual craft, system design, and shipping discipline I care about most.
2025Signal Room
2025Signal Room
FeaturedA newsroom-style analytics surface for monitoring campaign health, editorial timing, and conversion quality in one visual system.
Cut weekly reporting prep by 60% for growth and content teams.2024Atelier CMS
2024Atelier CMS
FeaturedA modular CMS foundation for brand teams that wanted autonomy over rich landing pages without engineering bottlenecks.
Enabled non-engineering teams to launch and revise pages independently.2023Northstar Portfolio
2023Northstar Portfolio
FeaturedA cinematic portfolio experience designed to balance bold visual storytelling with a maintainable content model.
Improved engagement time and made portfolio updates operationally simple.02 / SKILLS
Skills and tooling
The stack changes, but the through-line is consistent: reliable systems, strong product sense, and an eye for detail where content and interface meet.
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Frontend systems
01 Next.js App Router02 React 1903 TypeScript
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Backend and content
01 Payload CMS02 MongoDB03 Schema design
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Product execution
01 Design systems02 DX workflows03 Technical writing
05 / CONTACT
Contact
If you need someone who can move between interface quality, CMS architecture, and shipping discipline, reach out.
The admin surface for this portfolio lives directly inside the same Next.js app.
AvailabilityAvailable for selective freelance and in-house product work
LocationBased in Shanghai, collaborating across time zones