Brayden Petersen

braydenpetersen.com

School

University of Waterloo

Program

Systems Design Engineering

Class

2027

Specialties

Product Design Branding Design Engineering Videography Creative Direction

Work terms

Winter 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Winter 2025 Fall 2025 Spring 2026

Bio

Brayden is a 21-year-old designer and engineer at the University of Waterloo. He learned to code to bring his love for design to life, and currently works at Shopify as a Design Engineering intern. He also works with Figma as a Campus Leader, on the web team. 90% chance you'll find him exploring on a bike, 10% chance he's in the pool doing another 2K.

Experience: Chief Design Officer Intern
Datacurve
2026 - Present
Design Engineering Intern
Shopify
2025
Design Engineering Intern
ODF
2025
Junior Consultant Intern
NorthGuide
2024
Software Engineering Intern
Government of Ontario
2023
Software Engineering Intern
Government of Ontario
2023

Leadership: Co-Founder
Design Waterloo
2025 - Present
Campus Leader
Figma at Waterloo
2024 - Present
Host
Socratica
2022 - Present