Michael Ciccarelli

A design engineer, embedded in your team.

Two or three days a week in your repo, Slack, and standups, closing the gap between design intent and shipped interface.

Terms

From $10k a month · embedded in your team · three-month minimum · remote

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What embedded looks like

For teams shipping fast whose interface is falling behind the design: rough interactions, drifting systems, uneven polish, product and marketing out of sync.

I work on your cadence and in your reviews, with a clean exit at agreed milestones.

What I typically own

  • Interaction, motion, and product polish
  • The design system and its components
  • Brand and marketing sites
  • Design handoff and code review
  • Hiring support when it moves in-house

How it works

Intro call
30 minutes.
Scoping call
60 minutes.
Trial sprint
Two weeks, paid. Confirms fit before a three-month contract.
Engagement
Begins on the agreed cadence.

Pricing

Two days a week
From $10,000 a month
Three days a week
From $14,000 a month

Month to month after the three-month minimum. Invoiced monthly in advance.

Questions

Can you do less than two days a week?
Not embedded. A retainer starts at two days a month; scoped work is a project, priced by the week.
Do you work with multiple embedded clients?
One or two at a time, at most. Embedded needs real presence.
Can it convert to full-time?
Sometimes. If that becomes the right conversation, I'm open to it.
What stacks do you work in?
Your stack first. I'm fastest in TypeScript, Next.js, Vercel, Tailwind, Motion, GSAP, WebGL, Sanity, Stripe, and headless Shopify.

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