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Where I’ve been. Who I am, five case studies and a timeline.

who i am

Jordan Gardiner

Jordan Gardiner

Creative technologist, Magandjin, Australia.

I design and build the parts of a product people touch, from rough prototypes to polished interfaces, and I keep testing how far AI-assisted workflows can go.

I’m looking for a senior frontend or creative technologist role at a large technology company, prototyping and shipping user-facing products, shaping intuitive interfaces around complex systems, and bringing a designer’s mindset into the codebase.

I bring deep frontend experience in React and TypeScript, and I build with AI every day. I design with empathy and hold a firm line on accessibility. I work well remotely, with strong async habits, in an APAC time zone.

Beyond work, it’s slow mornings over pour-over coffee, quiet weekends at home gaming or 3D printing things, and discovering hidden cafes and restaurants with Kate. At home, I care for a little zoo of pets and making the space feel calm, cosy and lived-in.

case studies

  1. bigfish

    Senior software engineer, May 2026 to now.

    Stand-in. My current role, to be written: problem, approach, decisions, outcome.

    Stand-in copy. I haven’t written this yet.

  2. billing and proposals at nagaris

    Sole frontend engineer, November 2025 to March 2026.

    Sole frontend engineer on a practice management and billing platform for accounting firms. Built the invoicing, payments and proposal surfaces from nothing.

  3. brand templates at canva

    Software engineer, Brand Templates team, March 2023 to July 2025.

    I helped remove what Canva’s most senior engineer called the biggest piece of tech debt at Canva, led the frontend for Brand Style Match, and rebuilt a fragile core surface used by millions every day.

  4. hai! coffee

    Designer and iOS developer, November 2022 to now.

    A SwiftUI pour-over timer for the Hario V60 that learns from each brew and nudges the next one closer to the cup you want.

  5. this site

    Design, engineering and AI, October 2026 to now.

    A portfolio reissued every day at noon in a new combination of five design values on a versioned token layer. It interviews me about current events and answers recruiters through an agent instead of a form.

    Stand-in copy. I haven’t written this yet.

timeline

  1. may 2026 to nowBigfish, Senior software engineer. Current role.
  2. november 2025 to march 2026Nagaris, Sole frontend engineer. Built the billing and proposal surfaces of a practice management platform for accounting firms.
  3. march 2023 to july 2025Canva, Software engineer, Brand Templates. Led the frontend for Brand Style Match, featured at Canva Create.
  4. march 2022 to january 2023foundU, UX designer and software engineer. Helped a workforce platform create unified user experiences faster, with a design system to match.
  5. march 2020 to january 2022Outfit.io, Frontend designer and developer, Delivery team. Designed and built client work on a brand and template automation platform.
  6. 2019GetFU, UI/UX designer. Designed fintech experiences for managing money.
  7. 2018 to 2019Popgun Labs, Product designer. Designed iOS and Mac apps that made music accessible through AI, and built them in Swift.
  8. 2016 to 2018, then 2019 to 2020JSAcreative, Frontend developer. Delivered pixel-accurate sites for prestigious clients across two stints.
  9. 2015Griffith University, Replacement lecturer, web design. Taught web development to the next generation of designers, which is where explaining a decision clearly became a habit.
  10. 2008 to 2016iOnline, Web developer. Eight years building sites for Gold Coast and Brisbane businesses.