bt norris, design engineer

I'm a designer and programmer interested in games, tools, artificial intelligence, and driven by the joy of discovery.

I'm currently a senior design engineer at Backbone.

I use this site to explore, test, prototype, and bring ideas to life — from my sketchbook to my digital lab.

Recent work

Leading front-end development for a global ecommerce brand and establishing its design engineering practice

A Figma plugin that connected designers directly to Backbone's game assets database

Leading transformation of legacy systems into modern customer care platforms

Modernizing a legacy application without disrupting service quality or business operations

From the lab

Reimagining the IDE for design engineers

A multiplayer stealth game concept I designed and prototyped in Unreal Engine Blueprints

Prototyping and iterating on game designs