# Indiecrafts

> Front-end Design Engineer — AI-accelerated design in code.

Thibault Montaufray designs and builds websites and digital interfaces directly in code — UX/UI design, product design, design systems, expert-piloted AI.

Thibault Montaufray is a freelance front-end design engineer with 27 years of craft, based in the French Alps (Grenoble / Annecy / Genève) and working remotely across France and Europe. He designs directly in code — UX design, UI design, product design and design systems — accelerated by AI under his own review. He also founded wahio.design, an AI-driven design project.

Site: https://indiecrafts.dev

## Services

- **Websites** — business and brand sites, event and product-launch pages, portfolios, and lightweight custom online shops. Fast, accessible, and made to convert.
- **Product interfaces** — complex dashboards and app UIs, designed and built in code with your data.
- **Design systems** — building, documenting and handing over component libraries (Figma + code) to your team.
- **Modernization** — migrating an existing digital product to modern, high-performing technology.
- **Design-in-code reinforcement** — senior support alongside your product and engineering teams.

## Selected experience

- **BNP Paribas CIB** — Digital Marketplace Design System Engineer (2015–2019, 4 yrs); team ranked 2nd at the Banking Technology Awards 2018.
- **Zalando · zDirect** — Design System Manager (2021–2022, Berlin).
- **Siemens AG** — Design Systems & Design Operations (2024, Munich).
- **Shipfix** — Design Systems & Product Design (2022–2024, Paris / London).
- **Theodo Group** — Product design in code (2012–2015), for BNP IP, Safran, Dassault Systèmes.
- **Spin Interactive** — Co-founder & digital designer (2009–2012), for TV5 Monde, Le Monde, France 24, Canal+, Arte.
- **wahio.design** — Founder & full-stack developer (2024–present), AI-driven design.

## Stack

React, Next.js, TypeScript, Sanity, Shadcn/ui, Storybook, Netlify, and Claude Code — modern, proven tools, AI-assisted under expert review.

## Pages

- [Front-end Design Engineer — AI-accelerated interface design in code](https://indiecrafts.dev/): Freelance front-end design engineer in the French Alps — UX design, UI design, product design and design systems. I design and build websites and digital interfaces directly in code, accelerated by AI.

## Resources

- [wahio.design](https://wahio.design): My AI-driven design project (founder & developer).
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tibom/): Full work history and recommendations.
- [GitHub](https://github.com/indiecrafts): Code and open work.