Aleksandr Arkushenko

FRONTEND ENGINEER × UI ENGINEER

I design the system.Then I ship it.

I turn complex B2B workflows into responsive React interfaces,from Figma through production.

TampaFlorida5 yearsMercator Soft10+ yearsDigital design
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Selected outcomes

8h2h

Typical time to build a standard UI screen

3

Major data-heavy product releases shipped

100+

B2B clients using the platform

0

Critical UI regressions in three major releases

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Case studies

Selected product work.

01 / MERCATOR SOFTB2B SAAS · PRODUCT · REACT

Five years building B2B product interfaces

For five years at Mercator Soft, I designed and shipped responsive interfaces for mapping, content, account management, and subscriptions.

Scope
Complex workflows that had to remain usable on desktop, tablet, and mobile.
Role
Product design, Figma design system, React and TypeScript implementation.
Design system
Shared tokens, components, states, and documented variants across the product.
View Mercator case study
MEASURED RESULTMAP WORKFLOW
10–15 min
5–7 mintime to complete a core map task
  1. 01 Mapped user steps and business rules
  2. 02 Prototyped the revised interaction in Figma
  3. 03 Built and released the React interface
02 / PERSONAL PRODUCTREACT · TYPESCRIPT · MAPLIBRE

SkyTrack: flight search on an interactive map

I built a responsive React prototype that combines flight search with map-based exploration.

  • TanStack Query
  • Redux Toolkit
  • MapLibre
  • REST APIs
Explore on GitHub
SkyTrack interface showing an aviation map, flight cards, navigation, and aircraft positions
PROJECT SCREENSHOTOpen the public demo ↗
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Roles

I design and build product UI.

FRONTEND ENGINEERING

I build React interfaces around real APIs and edge cases.

I integrate APIs, handle loading and error states, and keep components maintainable.

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • RTK Query
  • TanStack Query
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How I work

From requirements to release.

  1. 01

    FRAME

    Clarify the task and constraints

    Define the user task, business rules, data requirements, and technical constraints before polishing the screen.

  2. 02

    SYSTEM

    Define the interface states

    Specify components, tokens, responsive behavior, and loading, error, and empty states.

  3. 03

    SHIP

    Build and validate the React interface

    Integrate APIs, cover edge cases, test the full flow, and ship it.

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Background

From motion design to product UI engineering.

I'm a Tampa-based Frontend and UI Engineer. I started in motion design and 3D/CGI, moved into product design and design systems, and now build B2B interfaces in React.

  1. 2013Motion & visual design

    Craft, rhythm, storytelling

  2. 2018Reusable motion systems

    Built reusable motion assets for 100+ projects

  3. 2021Mercator Soft

    Product design and React for complex B2B workflows

  4. NOWFrontend + UI Engineering

    Design systems and production React

OPEN TO FRONTEND AND UI ENGINEERING ROLES

Need product UIdesigned and shipped?

Email meTampa, FL · Authorized to work inthe U.S.