London, UK

Andru Dunn

Andru Dunn

I work in the space between design and engineering.

Head of Design Engineering at Personio. Leading design tools, our AI ecosystem and democratising building.

About

I like solving problems and crafting digital experiences that are inclusive, scalable and resilient.

I help lead Design Infrastructure, looking after our visual language, scaling product quality and defining AI tooling.

My career has been spent bridging design and engineering for retailers and products around the world, and I thrive where the two disciplines intersect.

Selected work

Career

Personio

2023–Present
  1. 2026

    Head of Design Engineering

    Leading Design Infrastructure, solidifying our design team to be AI-native — now in player-coach capacity.

  2. 2025

    Senior Staff Design Engineer

    Working on AI and design tools — pushing our visual language and scaling product quality.

  3. 2024

    Staff Engineer

    Engineering lead for the rebrand: making customisation and theming possible, powered by our Design System.

  4. 2023

    Lead Engineer

    Led the Design System team, overhauling the product where design and engineering meet.

Upgrowth

2020–2023
  1. 2023

    Led the Upgrowth rebrand and the Watchtowers project.

  2. 2022

    Led the Woolworths Design System and was a principal engineer on the BIG W website.

  3. 2021

    Staff Design Engineer

    Led product design across cyber-security, online publishing and ag-tech projects. Expanded the BIG W Design System to the mobile app.

  4. 2020

    Senior Design Engineer

    Drove the digital transformation of BIG W. Initial design system setup, upgrading the CMS provider, and a refined shopping journey.

Travelling

2019–2020
2019

I spent 6 months travelling around Europe and across Asia. It was fantastic to experience so many different cultures and cuisines, and I feel fortunate to have been able to do so.

ASOS

2019
  1. 2019

    Senior Web Engineer

    UI lead on the ASOS Marketplace re-platform, upskilling the team across the frontend.

John Lewis & Partners

2015–2019
  1. 2018

    Led UI for the rebrand with Pentagram. Created the “Mono” design system and built a team for it.

  2. 2017

    Led the team driving our digital transformation to a React, Node & Kubernetes stack.

  3. 2016

    Senior UI Developer

    Introduced React to the business. Led the CMS upgrade and new account area projects.

  4. 2015

    Web Designer

    Design owner for the homepage, app content and the Electricals department.

Waitrose & Partners

2013–2015
  1. 2015

    Introduced Waitrose Kitchen alongside joint venture websites for Waitrose Pet and Telegraph Wine subscriptions.

  2. 2014

    Expanded online services — launching Waitrose Florist, Gifts and Garden websites.

  3. 2013

    UI Designer & Frontend Developer

    Designed, built and launched Waitrose’s new online wine service — Cellar.