# Carter De Angelis

> Product-focused engineer building ecommerce & applied AI systems

Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/carterdeangelis

I help startups and ecommerce brands ship products, from UX strategy through full-stack development.

Specializing in Shopify Plus, headless commerce, and AI-powered applications. I've built 25+ products for Fortune 500 companies and household names, including Microsoft, Ford, Oracle, Stussy, New Era, GoTo Meeting, and Associated Press.

Currently focused on applied AI: agentic systems, LLM integrations, and context engineering.

## Work Experience
### Principal @ Carterdea
Jan 2005 – Present | Scottsdale, AZ
• Helping early/mid-stage Startups improve user experience, or take their concept to market
• UX/UI for Web Apps, Native Apps, & Mobile Apps with Photoshop & Sketch
• Prototyping for Desktop & Mobile with Sketch, Axure, Flinto, Principal, Marvel, and Invision
• Creating Design Systems across Web & Mobile Apps
• Front-end development with HTML
• Backend Development with Ruby on Rails and Elixir and Phoenix Framework
• Contracting for agencies as a UX Designer, Visual Designer, or Front-end Developer
• Built over 25 websites from design to development to deployment
• Worked with Fortune 100 companies and household names like Microsoft, Ford,
Cisco, Associated Press, New Era, Stussy, Oracle, & USC
• Handles all client interactions and all other business responsibilities

### Product Design Consultant @ DataScience.com
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Culver City, California
• Completed full redesign of DataScience Platform
• Created a large design system that accommodated 200+ views
• Worked closely with Product Leads & Lead Data Scientist to determine design & functionality of new Features
• Designed ML Model Management tool for Data Scientists/AI Engineers
• Worked closely with Front-end/React Developers to build React Storybook & Design Features
• Determined Information Architecture, User Experience, and Visual Language
• Only Product Designer on team of 40+

### VP of Product @ Spinlister
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 | Santa Monica, CA
• Helped to build the product team (mobile and web engineers, contract designers, copywriters)
• Worked with Marketing team, Business team, and Customer Service team to prioritize features
• Designed Web App, iOS Apps (Consumer app and Bike Shop Kiosk app), & Android App
• Worked with engineers on executing the vision for our app
• Front-end Development and some Ruby on Rails Development
• Worked with CEO & whole team on building a strong engineering culture

### UX Designer @ VOKENT
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Santa Monica, CA
• Helped recruit, interview, & hire designers, developers & other team
members
• Project managed several projects from discovery to completion
• Was responsible for Information Arhitecture, User Flows, Wireframes, User Testing, & Analytics
• Helped with visual design and responsive front-end development

### Product Designer & Front End Developer @ MedDevicejobs.com
Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 | Scottsdale, AZ
• Started as Junior Developer
• Promoted to Lead Designer in late 2008
• Lead a small team through a full redesign updating the brand, overhauling every interaction, and streamlined the application and purchase processes
• Worked with multiple teams, from copywriters, to sys admins to make sure the iterations rolled out smoothly and according to specs
• Front-end Development and some PHP/Code Igniter Development


## Education
### The Master's University

### Graphic Design
Art Institute of Phoenix


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/carterdea
- Portfolio: https://carterdea.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-31