Seth ArvilaDesign Engineer

What people ask for and what they need are rarely the same.I design and build what they need.

Currently Software engineer at Microsoft, building data entry UI for Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations.

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Featured work

03 entries
  • 01

    FRST

    Spring 2025 · UX design and front-end development

    They asked for Excel upload. What they needed was a form that worked.

    Ask
    Excel upload
    Need
    A form that worked
    The redesigned FRST New Entry page with two field pea entries stacked on one page, each with delete, duplicate, save, and add-to-cart actions, and Add Another, Save All, and Send All to Cart buttons below.

    Fig. 01 — FRST

  • 02

    Apex IFE

    In development · Design and development

    A seat-back screen with a real flight underneath. Leave mid-flight, and the plane keeps flying.

    Brief
    A seat-back screen for a fictional airline
    Taking it further
    A flight that holds up for hours
    Apex IFE on iPad showing the moving map: a flight path from San Francisco to Los Angeles over the California coast, with altitude, speed, and heading above it.

    Fig. 02 — Apex IFE

  • 03

    Vision Pro text input

    Fall 2024 · Design and development

    Typing on Vision Pro meant a floating keyboard or speaking out loud. I designed a way to spell with your hands.

    Brief
    New ways to type on Vision Pro
    Taking it further
    Typing without a keyboard or a voice
    The gesture input design: a panel of hand signs for each letter of the alphabet beside a Gesture Input text field reading “This message was created using gestures.”

    Fig. 03 — Vision Pro text input

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Visual design

The same principles behind my interfaces: hierarchy, balance, and restraint.

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About

I’m a software engineer at Microsoft, working on Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, where I own a data entry control built in React, TypeScript, and X++. Before that I spent almost four years keeping North Dakota State University’s classrooms running as an AV technician and then student manager, and I kept building small tools whenever the official ones didn’t fit the job. I studied computer science at NDSU, and I design in Figma before I build. What I care about most is the gap between what someone asks for and what would actually help them.

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