Taylor Nowotny

United States

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Summary

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Taylor Nowotny is a product designer and web-focused technologist with four years of professional experience building designer-friendly web tools and client sites. As product designer at Webstudio they led the early UI/UX and created a composable design system that balanced powerful capabilities with a shallow learning curve, helping launch a beta used by thousands. They bring hands-on implementation experience—updating Figma design tokens and refining color, typography, and spacing—to open-source tooling that rivals commercial builders. Prior work as a certified Webflow expert and freelance developer complements their product work with real-world delivery experience. Taylor’s background as a cryptologic linguist at the NSA adds uncommon rigor in structured problem solving, security awareness, and cross-cultural collaboration. Currently studying forest management, they blend curiosity about natural systems with a practical drive to simplify complex digital workflows.

4 years of coding experience

6 years of employment as a software developer

Bachelor of Arts, Biology, Bachelor of Arts, Biology at The Evergreen State College

Metropolitan Community College-Maple Woods

Pursuing Bachelor of Science, Forestry - Forest Management, Pursuing Bachelor of Science, Forestry - Forest Management at Oregon State University

Linguistics, Linguistics at Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

Github Skills (9)

system10

ui-design10

figma10

css9

webflow8

react8

site-builder7

frontend7

accessibility5

Programming languages (1)

TypeScript

Github contributions (5)

webstudio-is/webstudio

Jan 2023 - Jan 2023

Open source website builder and Webflow alternative. Webstudio is an advanced visual builder that connects to any headless CMS, supports all CSS properties, and can be hosted anywhere, including with us.

Role in this project:

UI Designer

Contributions:70 reviews, 1 commit, 25 PRs in 1 day

Contributions summary:Taylor primarily contributed to the design system of the webstudio project, focusing on the implementation and modification of design tokens. Their work involved updating colors, typography, and spacing within the design system, specifically targeting the Figma design tokens file. The commits indicate a strong focus on refining the visual appearance and consistency of UI elements across the project. This work included adjustments to existing color schemes and the addition of new color tokens.

javascriptdesignerweb-ideweb-development-toolsaccessibility

taylornowotny/taylornowotny

Jul 2021 - Feb 2025

Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 7 months

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