Adam Bull

Design Engineering at Speakeasy

About

I'm a software engineer with a particular interest in design and developer tooling. I currently work at Speakeasy, where I head up the Design Engineering team.

I've previously worked as Principal Engineer at Framer, and various roles at Deliveroo and Keel.so, amongst others.

recent Experience

AI + Design Engineer

Speakeasy

2025-PRESENT

Leading Design at the firm

Founding Engineer

Speakeasy

2024-2025

Developed Speakeasy's first fully fledged design system Moonshine (moonshine.speakeasy.com), and launched next-generation OpenAPI editor for the web at sandbox.speakeasy.com.

AI + Design Engineer

Speakeasy

2025-PRESENT

Leading Design Engineering & Product Design initiatives at the firm. I enjoy crafting delightful experiences that intersect and enrich the handoff between Terminal and Web applications.

Founding Engineer

Speakeasy

2024-2025

Developed Speakeasy's first fully fledged design system Moonshine (moonshine.speakeasy.com), and launched next-generation OpenAPI editor for the web at sandbox.speakeasy.com.

Principal Engineer

Framer

2024

Worked on the Canvas team, responsible for maintaining Framer's core canvas editing experience. Added native Form support to Framer and improved accessibility in the editor.

Founding Engineer

Keel

2022-2024

Developed a parser and interpreter for a novel schema-based language, and developed supporting tooling such as VSCode extension, a language server adhering to the Language Server Protocol, and linter / formatter.

Senior Software Engineer

Deliveroo

2019-2022

Primary maintainer of Deliveroo's in-house CI/CD platform Hopper. Shipped confirmation code system and post-order tipping to the consumer web & iOS applications. Developed internal tool to visualise the impact of dynamic pricing configurations per market.

Senior Software Engineer

Assorted roles

2011-2019

Start of career - mostly Ruby + React

Multiple roles spanning different industries - a few SaaS products, an agency role, some I.T support.

Education

MSc in Computer Science (with Distinction)

University of Hertfordshire

2011

Joined conversion masters for non-numerate undergraduates. Studied computer science fundamentals such as algos & data structures, database theory, OOO etc

BA in English Literature (2nd Class Honours)

University of Reading

2008-2011

Conducted dissertation on the decline of empire in the poetry of Philip Larkin, attaining a first class designation.

Skills / Stack

React

TypeScript

Golang

WASM

LSP

Parsers

Monaco

Languages

English

Fluent

CONTACT

adamjamesbull@googlemail.com

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