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Patrick Nguyen · Product designer and engineer

Complex products,made clear.

I design and build software for teams whose work has to be right: schedules, budgets, orders, the things people check twice. I take the tangled workflow and ship the clear version, from the first sketch to production.

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6 years designing and buildingReact, Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQLSacramento, CAOpen to full-time and freelanceLinkedIn ↗

Selected work

Real product screens, not landing pages. Open a case study for the decisions behind each one.

Miyo: Budgeting for couples, private by default

Budgeting for couples, private by default2026

Miyo

Budgeting for life together: one shared household plan for the bills and goals you share, a privacy dial on every account you each keep, and a weekly Money Date. Free to start for one person.

Account privacy is enforced on the server, not hidden by the interface: a partner can never fetch what the screen says is private.

  • Fintech
  • Couples
  • Privacy
Case study Visit live
ShiftDock: Staff scheduling for care teams

In development2026

ShiftDock

Staff scheduling for care teams

A scheduling workspace for hospitals and nursing homes: managers build a private draft roster, review every conflict, then publish. Nurses share availability, claim open shifts and see only the published schedule. Shift differentials, HPPD staffing targets and labor-cost previews sit beside the roster.

  • Healthcare
  • Scheduling
  • Workforce
See the walkthrough Ask for a live oneFictional roster data. Public preview soon.
Timelap: Guest-first group scheduling

Guest-first group scheduling2026

Timelap

Group scheduling without the thread: everyone marks available, if necessary or unavailable, and Timelap turns the overlap into a ranked, explainable recommendation, then locks it in and exports it to the calendar. No account needed.

  • Scheduling
  • Consensus
  • Guest-first
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Also built and running

Everything I have shipped

Patrick Nguyen

Based in
Sacramento, CA
Local time
PT
Status
Open to full-time and freelance
Works
On-site, hybrid, remote
Replies
Within two business days

Designer first. Engineer by necessity.

I started in graphic design, moved into product UX, and learned to build because the gap between a clear design and a working product was where good ideas kept dying. Now I close that gap myself, from the first sketch to the production release.

NowBuilding the scheduling and payroll tools at UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital, and finishing Miyo's partner invites. Updated October 2026

  1. 2020Senior Graphic Designer · AKOILearned to make things look right, fast.
  2. 2022Freelance product designer · Direct clientsLearned to make things work for real users.
  3. 2026Computer Science, Business minor · Sacramento StateGraduated 2026.
  4. Aug 2026Product Engineer · MiyoDesigning and building Miyo end to end.
  5. ● NowNursing Operations Specialist / Software Engineer · UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital, since September 2026Building the payroll, scheduling and operations software I also use. Open to full-time roles and freelance projects.

What you get

Design the product
User flows, interfaces and a visual system that fit how the team actually works. Figma, prototypes, design tokens.
Build it for production
React, Next.js and TypeScript on PostgreSQL, wired to auth, payments and the rules of your domain. Where a model removes real friction, it ships with fallbacks and evaluation.
Keep it dependable
Accessibility, performance and visual checks before every release, so the product keeps working after the demo ends.

Good fit for teams whose software has to be right: healthcare staffing, finance, scheduling and internal tools. Services and process

Notes from the build

Have a product that needs to be clear?

Open to full-time product roles and to scoped projects: product design, frontend systems and workflow-heavy web applications. I reply within two business days.

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