Product Design / Website Redesign

NELARide

Different platforms.
One experience.

Brought NELA Ride's website into closer alignment with its existing mobile app, unifying typography, color, visual hierarchy, and interaction patterns to create a more recognizable product experience.

01 / Shared visual language02 / Consistent interactions03 / Connected brand identity
Product design internWebsite redesign / design systemBranding · UI design · UX audit

Social Web Application

Margin

A social feed with an ending.

Margin explores what social media could feel like with less to keep up with. A finite feed, mutual friendships, and conversations behind each post make space for connection without endless scrolling.

I designed and built the full-stack app, including its original typeface and icon family.

Independent projectProduct design / full-stack developmentNext.js · TypeScript · PostgreSQL

Android Application

Android Scheduler

Android Scheduler interface preview

A clearer path through
the day.

Reorganized the home screen to prioritize upcoming events, make search more accessible, and give collections a dedicated space. Simplified secondary controls and introduced persistent bottom navigation to make moving through the app more intuitive.

Before · Competing controls and mixed contentAfter · Clearer priorities and persistent navigation
Android applicationUI/UX design & developmentKotlin · Jetpack Compose · Android

Full-Stack Web Application

Sonus

Learn / Practice / Travel
Unit 1四よん · yon
Listen
Travel SprintLeaving Soon?

Language learning,
without the noise.

Structured lessons, meaningful practice, and practical language use take priority over points and streaks.

LearnPracticeTravel
Independent projectFrontend DeveloperReact · TypeScript · PostgreSQL

Who
I am.

I’m a Frontend Developer with a background in graphic design. I build interfaces with the same care for how they work as how they look, bringing visual identity, interaction, and code into one coherent experience.

I enjoy shaping a product from the first idea to the smallest detail. That might mean developing a design system, creating a custom typeface, or refining an interaction until it feels natural. Outside of code, I write fiction and paint.

Frontend

React · Next.js · TypeScript · HTML · CSS

Backend

Node.js · PostgreSQL · Prisma

Design & testing

Design systems · Responsive design · Playwright · Vitest

Let's work together.

Currently available for full-time roles and select freelance projects. Open to remote.

Matthew Bayers

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Frontend Developer

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Websites / Apps

No. 01•Product Design / Website Redesign

NELARide

NELARide is a community rideshare startup building connected Rider and Driver apps. I began by spearheading the website redesign, then expanded into product design work across the platform, helping shape branding, UI guidelines, and a more cohesive visual system across both apps.

BrandingProduct DesignUI DesignDesign SystemsUX AuditWebsite Redesign
No. 02•Social Web Application

Margin

A social feed with an ending.

Margin explores what social media could feel like with less to keep up with. A finite feed, mutual friendships, and conversations behind each post make space for connection without endless scrolling.

Product DesignUI/UX DesignNext.jsTypeScriptPrismaPostgreSQL
No. 03•Android Application

Android Scheduler

Redesigning a scheduling experience around clarity, hierarchy, and discoverability.

KotlinJetpack ComposeAndroidUI/UX Design
No. 04•Full-Stack Web Application

Sonus

Sonus is a language-learning app built for serious learners. It uses native-speaker standards for fluency, draws from country-of-origin vocabulary lists, and organizes study into units that build on each other over time. It is not perfect, but it is honest, a language lab for the serious learner.

ReactTypeScriptFastifyPrismaPostgreSQLVite
About

Who
I am.

I’m a Frontend Developer with a background in graphic design. I build interfaces with the same care for how they work as how they look, bringing visual identity, interaction, and code into one coherent experience.

I enjoy shaping a product from the first idea to the smallest detail. That might mean developing a design system, creating a custom typeface, or refining an interaction until it feels natural. Outside of code, I write fiction and paint.

Technical skills

Frontend

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • HTML
  • CSS

Backend

  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • Prisma

Design & testing

  • Design systems
  • Responsive design
  • Playwright
  • Vitest
Beyond Code

The rest of the story.

Outside of code, I write and make art. Both are ways for me to slow down, explore ideas, and look at the world a little more closely.

Contact

Let's work together.

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Currently available for full-time roles and select freelance projects. Open to remote.