JE

Creative Developer — based in Brooklyn, NY

Jordan Ellis builds interfaces
that hold up under use.

Ten years turning early-stage products into interfaces people trust — equal parts front-end engineering and design judgment.

See the work ↓

Selected work

  1. 01

    Northbound

    Product design system — 2025

    A component library and token set that cut design-to-ship time for a logistics platform's twelve internal teams.

  2. 02

    Ferro

    Marketing site & brand system — 2024

    Full rebuild of a hardware startup's site, from type system to a WebGL product configurator.

  3. 03

    Plainscript

    Open-source editor — 2023

    A distraction-free writing tool with 8k GitHub stars, built solo over a slow winter.

About

I'm a developer who cares more about the last ten percent than the first ninety — the spacing, the timing curve, the copy that makes an empty state feel like an invitation instead of a dead end. Before going independent I led front-end at two Series A startups. These days I take on a small number of projects a year, usually design systems or product rebuilds.

Based in
Brooklyn, NY
Currently
Booking Q1 2027
Stack
React, TypeScript, Figma

Get in touch

Have a project in mind? I'd like to hear about it.

hello@jordanellis.dev