HelloI am Zolt 👋🏻
Design engineer
Design engineer based in Austin. I don't just bridge design and engineering - I own the entire experience, from the first sketch to the final shipped product.
// About me
The person behind the pixels
Tyler
See you again
1:10/ 3:01
Spain trip
76 photos
Grab it and get surprise
I have a surprise for you 🙃
// Featured works
These are ones that taught me the most
Building a Perfect Design System from Zero
Joined the team when every single screen was built in complete isolation and there is no tokens, no components, no consistency.
Lumio
Designer
Redesigning the Core Dashboard of SaaS Product
The old dashboard had 11 years of visual debt. I stripped it back, rebuilt every component in React, and shipped a version that cut user drop-off by 40%.
Trackflow HQ
Frontend + Designer
Launching a Marketing Site in 5 Days
Startup needed a launch site before their funding announcement. I designed and built the entire thing in Framer — live in 5 days, no handoff needed.
Orion Labs
Design Engineer
// Stacks & Experience
Where i'm good and where i learned from
@zolt_mercer
864 contributions in the template timeline
Lumio
Design Engineer
2025 -Present
ReactFigmaDesign systemTailwind
Built a design system adopted by 4 product teams within 30 days
Joined as the first design engineer on the team. Owned the entire design-to-code pipeline, built the product's design system from scratch, shipped new features weekly, and made sure nothing got lost between Figma and production.
Trackflow HQ
Frontend Engineer + Designer
2023 - 2024, 1 year
ReactNext.jsFigmaCSSComponent architectureRebuilt the entire dashboard UI and cut user drop-off by 40%
Started as a frontend engineer but quickly moved into a hybrid role. Rebuilt the core dashboard UI, reduced design inconsistencies across 30+ screens, and introduced component-based thinking to a team that had never used one.
Orion Labs
Freelance Design Engineer
2023, 5 Months
FramerMotion designVisual designCopywritingDesigned and shipped a full marketing site solo in under a week
Brought in to design and build a launch marketing site before a funding announcement. Delivered a fully animated Framer site in 5 days — design, build, and deployment handled solo.
Self-initiated
Side Projects & Open Source
2022 -Ongoing · Personal
ReactFramerTypeScriptPassion for building3 shipped products with real users, 1 open source component library
Built a Framer component playground, a minimal habit tracker app, and a Chrome extension for designers. Where most of the real learning happens — no deadlines, no clients, just curiosity and craft.
// Services I provide
I can help you with these things
// Good words
some good words from people I've worked with
Working with Zolt was a different experience. He didn't just deliver designs he delivered a working product.
Marcus Reid
Co-founder, Orion Labs
// How it works
No agencies - just me, fully in on your product
Zolt Mercer
Austin, USA
163
Total hours
4.82
Rating
81
Total jobs
Hire me today
I take on only a small number of projects at a time, so your work always gets my full focus.
