Brendan Bax | Product Engineer

Experience

  • Fenix 24 · March 2025 – Present

    Senior UX Engineer / Full-Stack Developer

    Good Samaritan Award recipient, April 2026
    • Design and build scalable, reliable applications, from Figma prototype through production deployment.
    • Deliver product presentations across every level of the business including bi-weekly stakeholder showcases, company-wide stage and video briefings, and live customer demos.
    • Design system author, test-driven development champion, raising code quality and aligning product vision to pixels.
    • Serve as the team's voice for user-centered design, mentoring peers on research and usability best practices.
    • Shipped LLM-powered search, custom reporting, and assessment dashboards used by hundreds of users across a global workforce.
  • Freight Science · 2022 – 2025

    Senior UX Designer / Full-Stack Engineer

    • Designed and built the core logistics planning and automation platform, end to end, for dozens of customers.
    • Built and maintained a shared UI component library, improving consistency and reuse across the product line.
    • Instrumented analytics, giving the product team visibility into feature usage and adoption.
  • Intrusion, Inc. · 2021 – 2022

    UX Architect / Front-End Engineer

    • Led front-end architecture for a networking cybersecurity product.
    • Shipped new security dashboards with real-time threat visibility, driving product adoption.
    • Migrated the app from Vue 2 to Vue 3 and added end-to-end Cypress coverage, modernizing the codebase without disrupting active development.
  • World Wide Technology · 2020 – 2021

    Full-Stack Developer

    • Shipped features for the corporate website, serving 30k+ monthly visitors.
    • Built the WWT Communities feature from the ground up, extending the site's engagement capabilities.
    • Created live content editing tools, letting non-technical teams update the site without engineering support.
  • Mercy · 2019 – 2020

    Senior Software Design Engineer

    Shipped Mercy's telehealth platform in weeks following the COVID-19 pandemic
    • Designed and engineered healthcare R&D initiatives, working directly with clinicians.
    • Built a video chat platform for virtual patient visits, expanding access to care.
    • Designed and shipped pediatric support, patient portals, and health-monitoring applications, improving patient quality of life.
  • Coolfire · 2018 – 2019

    Senior UX Designer / Design Lead

    • Led design practice and process at a software consultancy, adapting to enterprise, security, and logistics client needs.
    • Established the visual identity for the Ronin product ahead of its release.
  • WWT Asynchrony Labs · 2017 – 2018

    UX Designer / Front-End Engineer

    • Increased loan application completion rates for a national bank by overhauling their online mortgage application experience.
    • Invested beyond my own team, critiquing peer projects across the agency to raise design quality for other clients.
  • Bax Art & Design Co. LLC · 2015 – 2017

    Owner / Chief Designer

    • Ran all business operations for an independent design studio, spanning graphic design, web design, and 3D art, owning client relationships from scope through delivery.
  • Controller Chaos · 2013 – 2015

    Senior Designer

    • Redesigned the product customization interface for a custom controller e-commerce business.
    • Replaced legacy product photography with 3D renders, reducing time-to-market for new products.
    • Brand manager and art director for web and print media including marketing, packaging, and product guides.
  • ITT Technical Institute · 2011 – 2013

    Adjunct Instructor

    • Taught graphic design, 3D modeling, and computer animation courses.

Volunteering

Waypoint Church

Member since 2019

  • Elected Deacon, October 2025
  • Weekly kids ministry large group leader and presenter
  • Summer VBS Master of Ceremonies and large group leader, 2025 and 2026

Education

Full Sail University, 2010

Bachelor of Science in Game Art

Valedictorian. Recognized for perfect attendance and recipient of multiple course directors awards for academic excellence.