Drew Powers
Design Engineer at Figma
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDrew Powers is a design-focused engineer based in Denver with two years of formal experience and a decade-plus trajectory of hands-on product and frontend work. Currently building Figma’s internal design system and leading WCAG 2.2 accessibility efforts, he blends design sensibility with pragmatic engineering from his prior roles improving TypeScript DX at Trunk and architecting interactive ML tooling at Aquarium. Drew has driven migrations and performance wins at scale—overseeing Snyk’s frontend modernization and delivery optimizations—and co-created Astro early in its meteoric GitHub rise. Comfortable across fullstack, design systems, and data visualization, he brings a rare mix of visual arts training and practical open-source/product pedigree to bridge designers and engineers.
1 year of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BFA, Painting, Psychology, BFA, Painting, Psychology at University of Central Florida
Github Skills (23)
accessibility10
dialog10
modal-dialog10
swagger9
typescript-types9
openapi9
typescript8
wai-aria8
design-tokens7
css7
sass7
specification7
openapi-generator7
w3c6
tooling5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
drwpow-figma/a11y-dialog
Aug 2024 - Aug 2024
A very lightweight and flexible accessible modal dialog script.
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 day
KittyGiraudel/a11y-dialog
Aug 2024 - Aug 2024
A very lightweight and flexible accessible modal dialog script.
Contributions:13 reviews, 1 PR, 16 comments in 1 day
dialogmodalaccessiblea11ywai-aria
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