Oddur Sigurdsson
Software Engineer & Product Designer
Based in Brooklyn, NY.
I'm an engineer who cares deeply about the craft of building interfaces—the kind that feel intuitive, perform well, and work for everyone. My favorite problems sit at the intersection of design and development, where aesthetics meet architecture.
I believe in learning by doing, building to understand, and sweating the details that most people never notice but everyone feels.
Craft
Tools and disciplines I work with.
Engineering
- —TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Rust
- —Svelte, React, Node.js
- —Data visualization, simulation
- —SQL, system design
Design
- —UI/UX, interaction design
- —Design systems, component libraries
- —Typography, visual hierarchy
- —Figma, prototyping
Experience
A decade of shipping products.
Product Designer
Freelance
2022–Present
Director of Design
MayStar Consulting
2016–2022
Product Designer
Outreach
2017
Creative Director & Design Lecturer
Fullstack Academy
2015–2017
Front-end Engineer
Hoefler & Co.
2015
Beyond Work
What I do when I'm not at a screen.
Polyglot
Icelandic (native), English (fluent), Danish. Always picking up new languages.
Self-taught learner
I love diving deep into new subjects on my own—probability theory, astronomy, typography. Learning is the hobby.
Author
"The Measure of the World"—a technical history of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich spanning 350 years.
Educator
"The Joy of Randomness"—an interactive course on probability and stochastic simulation.
Let's work together
I'm currently taking on freelance projects and open to full-time roles where I can blend engineering and design.
Get in touch