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Chris Barnes

Staff Product Experience Engineer at OpenGov, leading AI-powered design system work. I build pattern libraries, code generation tools, and agents that turn Figma designs into production UX. I make myself the bridge between design and engineering.

Career Experience

Staff Product Experience Engineer·OpenGov, Remote
2024 — Present
  • Unified a fragmented design system on a single MUI and React theming foundation
  • Built a pattern and layout library and trained 20+ designers and engineering teams
  • Pioneered company-wide adoption of Anthropic and Claude Code
  • Shipped a prototyping agent. 200+ prototypes in two months, mostly by designers and PMs
  • Created a Claude agent that creates production-level frontend code with OpenGov packages
Product Designer·Consultant, Atlanta, GA
2020 — 2024
  • Led AI-powered product design, collaborating with ML experts on business solutions
  • Designed self-serve AI platform for world's largest food re-distributor
  • Built multi-site publishing system for Southern Company Gas territory sites
Lead Designer·CallRail, Atlanta, GA
2018 — 2020
  • Led teams creating scalable design architecture supporting growth and innovation
  • Produced pattern library automating process and reducing deployment time
  • Integrated CMS enhancing content delivery workflows
Product Designer, Co-Founder·Daniel, Atlanta, GA
2010 — 2018
  • Managed teams delivering technology solutions for startups and agencies
  • Built native and web applications enhancing UX and operational efficiency

Areas of Expertise

  • User Experience Design
  • Full-stack Development
  • Product Management
  • AI-Powered Design Systems
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Agile/Scrum/SAFe
  • System Architecture
  • Design Tokens
  • SaaS Applications
  • CI/CD, AWS, Azure
  • Business Process Improvement
  • JIRA, Confluence

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Communications Georgia Southern University