As a designer, it’s highly likely that you’ll be collaborating with engineers at some point in your career.
Collaborating with engineers can sometimes be a challenge. At what point should you invite them to your design process? How do you create an effective handoff?
Join me and fellow UberEats Engineer Faraz as we chat about these topics in this livestream replay!
Follow Faraz: / farazamiruddin
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0:00 - Intro and summary
2:08 - Livestream starts
5:20 - Introducing Faraz
6:07 - Faraz's journey into engineering
7:21 - Kick off process for projects
9:40 - When to bring in engineers in the design process?
13:18 - How can I best collaborate with engineers in the design process?
15:30 - What makes a successful design review?
17:40 - What can designers do to make an engineer's life easier?
20:30 - Keeping designers involved after handoff
22:05 - Getting pushback from engineers
25:21 - What makes a good design handoff?
29:21 - Getting engineers on board with Figma
31:45 - Other design tools for handoff
32:39 - How to package your handoff
34:00 - Handoffs with short cycle times
36:03 - Building and the QA process: What do engineers do in this phase?
41:49 - What happens during a bug bash? Prioritizing bugs and launch blockers
45:06 - Dealing with iteration and improvements
47:40 - Q&A
47:56 - How often do you deal with getting pulled on and off projects?
49:19 - Engineers' role and involvement in the design system
51:11 - How to document designs for engineers
54:49 - Engineers not agreeing with your designs
47:12 - Do designers need to know how to code?
59:31 - Outro
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