Director of Product Design at Censys
Daniel Allen
Product Design Leader · Design Systems · Front-End Engineering
Product design leader with a decade-long foundation as a full-stack engineer, specializing in complex, data-heavy products. I eliminate the friction between design and engineering by designing and building in a single loop, delivering working prototypes rather than static mockups. Looking for a role with complex problems, true ownership, and direct impact on the work.
- Full-stack engineer
- 10+ years
- Designer
- 11+ years
- Leading teams
- 8+ years
- Still a hands-on builder
- Every day
Work
Selected work
Approach
How I work
Design and build in one loop
Working prototypes rather than static mockups. At Censys the pipeline runs from Lovable exploration through Claude Design and Claude Code, built against the design system, to near production-ready front-end code.
Design systems are the leverage
Six systems at six companies, from Citrus at Paylocity to 80 production components at DNSFilter. A system is how a four-person team covers an entire platform.
Facts before opinions
A UX scorecard that grades 24 red routes on task success, time on task, and error rate. A discovery agent that turns research, tickets, and usage data into problem briefs. Discovery starts from evidence.
Off the clock
The person behind the work
The pages above cover what I do. This one covers who I am when I am not doing it.
Contact
Get in touch
Email is the fastest way to reach me.