Robb Niznik
Lead UX Engineer, Design Systems at Salesforce
Portland, Maine, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobb Niznik is a Lead UX Engineer specializing in design systems and accessible, high-performance front-end experiences, with eight years of practice across large platforms and startups. He currently helps evolve Salesforce’s Agentic Design System and has previously led UX infrastructure and open-source design systems at Twilio and LaunchDarkly. Robb combines hands-on component and tooling work—Storybook and Vite migrations, TypeScript refactors, and performance optimizations—with developer experience and delivery improvements. Based in Portland, Maine, he pairs an MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech with a track record of shipping production-grade UI libraries that make complex products more usable and inclusive. An understated strength is his repeated role as the bridge between design and platform engineering, turning design intent into maintainable, testable components used across products.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Computer Science, Master of Science (MS) Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at University of South Florida
Github Skills (13)
system10
typescript10
vite10
typescripts10
carbon-design-system10
system-design10
sys10
storybook10
react10
typescript-types10
ui-components10
javascript9
ui-design8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
twilio-labs/paste
Dec 2022 - Jan 2023
Paste is a design system for designing and building consistent experiences at Twilio.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:119 reviews, 56 commits, 24 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Robb primarily focused on updating and maintaining the UI components within the Paste design system, specifically related to Storybook. Their contributions included upgrading Storybook to version 6.5 and 7, migrating to Vite, and refactoring story files with TypeScript. They also addressed build issues, updated dependencies, and made code changes within specific component stories, like checkboxes and comboboxes. These updates aimed to enhance the development environment and improve the component library's functionality.
reacttwilioux-patternsconsistentexperiences
ithaka/pharos
May 2021 - Dec 2021
JSTOR's design system
Contributions:207 reviews, 93 commits, 197 PRs in 7 months
jstorlitlit-elementreactweb-components
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