Brayden Petersen is a Systems Design Engineering student at the University of Waterloo, building at the intersection of design, community, and code.

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Experience

  • Figma2024 - Present
    Campus Leader
  • Shopify2025
    Design Engineer Intern
  • ODF2025
    Design Engineer Intern
  • NorthGuide2024
    Consultant Intern
  • Government of Ontario2024
    Software Engineer Intern
  • Government of Ontario2023
    Software Engineer Intern

Featured Work

Themes @ Shopify

New blocks, design options, and quality of life features for Shopify's free themes.

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Selected Work

Design Waterloo

Project•2026

A living directory of Waterloo's best design talent.

Builder Sundays at Shopify

Event Series•2025

Hosted coworking sessions at Shopify with Harley.

nextdepartures

Project•2025

Live transit departures in the Toronto Area.

ODF

Internship•2025

Product + site + brand refresh. Among other things.

Socratica Symposium 2025

Event•2025

Hosted the world's greatest demo day in Waterloo

Waterloo Commons

Org•2025

A student-curated bulletin board of happenings worth going to in Waterloo.

Socratica

Community•2022

Hosted the biggest collective of makers, grown worldwide