Currently building Endless Commerce

I'm a designer who thinks in systems, ships in code, and designs across the entire product.

I design and build software for complex operational problems—supply chain, underwriting, procurement, finance. I build design systems from scratch, ship production code daily, and advocate for end users across every level of the organization.

Previously at BRM, Vesta, Federato (employee 1), N26, and Apple. Based in San Francisco.

Work
Endless CommerceCurrent
Founding Designer
2025 – Present
Endless Commerce screenshot

I own the entire design surface for an end-to-end e-commerce infrastructure platform—from design strategy and user research through to UI and code. I built our Ace Design System from scratch, lead design partnerships with enterprise clients, and shape the product roadmap alongside leadership. I also ship React and TypeScript code to production daily—design intent doesn’t survive handoffs; it survives ownership.

Design systemsEcommerce infrastructureInformation densityEnterprise workflows
BRM
Founding Designer
2023 – 2025
BRM screenshot

First product designer at the AI-native vendor management and procurement platform. I designed dynamic interfaces with intelligent filtering and real-time spend analytics, and a contract management system that balances magical automation with human verification—ingesting contracts from Gmail, extracting key information with AI, and presenting a streamlined verification interface with one-click confirmation and clear data provenance.

AI product designData-dense tablesContract workflowsCompliance systems
Vesta
Product Designer
2022 – 2023
Vesta screenshot

I designed core features for the next-generation, AI-native loan origination system—disclosure packages, credit score refresh, borrower assets and liabilities, undisclosed debt monitoring. Reduced the asset review process from 10 pages to a single view. Built a data table component set from scratch following Brad Frost's Atomic Design Principles that transformed how the platform displays complex financial data.

Financial interfacesAtomic design systemsComplex data tablesWorkflow simplification
Federato
Product Designer
2020 – 2022
Federato screenshot

First employee. Partnered with founders Will Ross and William Steenbergen to design and build the RiskOps platform from the ground up. Our founding team conducted over 1,200 hours of interviews with underwriters and insurance leaders. I designed early prototypes to validate our vision for a unified multi-line commercial account view, then built intelligent dashboards, geospatial risk tools, and configurable policy workspaces that helped drive 10x revenue growth. The company has since raised Series B, C, and D rounds as leading insurers embrace AI-powered underwriting.

Zero to oneAI-powered underwritingGeospatial intelligence10x revenue growth
N26
Marketing & Brand
2018 – 2020
N26 screenshot

My introduction to the world of product and design at one of Europe's leading mobile banks. I was employee six on the New York City expansion team helping launch N26 in the US market. This is where I fell in love with building software, learned what great consumer product design looks like at scale, and decided to spend my career making complex things feel simple.

US market launchContent strategyConsumer productGrowth marketing
Approach
How I work
Ship in code
I implement directly in code. Design intent survives when the designer is also the engineer.
Systems over screens
Tokens, components, patterns. Every decision should make the next one faster.
Density is a feature
Enterprise users need information, not decoration. Clarity at scale.
Design is cross-functional
I talk to customers, write specs, review PRs, and debate architecture.
Tools
Things I love
Linear
Project management as interaction design
Cursor
Prototyping at the speed of thought
Claude
The best design partner that doesn't have opinions about fonts
Wispr Flow
292K words dictated, 120 WPM. I don't type much anymore.
Things I don't
Jira
Where good ideas go to die
Asana
Complexity theater masquerading as productivity
Notion
Everything, everywhere, all at once. And none of it quickly
Sketch
Humble beginnings, but we've moved on
Elsewhere
When I'm not designing

I like to ride bikes and skis, cook dinner most nights of the week, and photograph whatever catches my eye. I think a lot about architecture, color theory, and visual perception. And football, of course. Occasionally I'll disappear to Sonoma for the afternoon.

Clark Newlove
That's the work. What now?

I'm always interested in conversations about design, building products, and the craft of making software feel inevitable. If you're working on something interesting, I'd love to hear about it.

© 2026 · Design and code by Clark Newlove