For me, it’s been crucial to consider developers as my design partners. We work in a fast-paced environment, and products are often designed and built simultaneously; we don’t work in silos. Rarely is there a formal hand off of final designs and specs to a developer team. The best teams work collaboratively. We sometimes might have entirely different skill sets, but they’re always complementary. Often, we have overlapping expertise and interests.

I do my best to bring my engineers in early in my design process so that they can share ideas, feedback and constraints with me.

Likewise, I want to be involved in the development process so I can connect research and share the intentionality behind design decisions, and ultimately help the product get to the best state possible.