Jake Albaugh

Jake Albaugh

Jake is Figma's first developer advocate, and spent the prior 12 years working as a software engineer on both sides of web applications. Guided by a design education, he's held roles across creative agencies and e-commerce platforms, married design fidelity with developer experience building component libraries for design systems, and built tools for front-end developers as an early hire at CodePen. Jake loves to walk the line between design and code, bridge gaps in communication across product development, and bring as much fun and creativity to the work that he can manage to cram in along the way.
Aligning Patterns Across Design and Development
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Aligning Patterns Across Design and Development
Design workflows can sometimes be at odds with development—but establishing common patterns between disciplines can set the foundation for automation and enable teams to design and ship faster. Figma allows you to get what you need from design and get back to writing code—whether that’s building front-end for the first time, or building with a reusable design system in your code base.