Product designer turned software engineer with 10+ years building products at the intersection of design and code. Started at Vimeo as a designer, transitioned to engineering to own their design system, and have never looked back. Having lived on both sides of the handoff gives me a natural eye for craft and detail.

Product designer turned software engineer with 10+ years building products at the intersection of design and code. Started at Vimeo as a designer, transitioned to engineering to own their design system, and have never looked back. Having lived on both sides of the handoff gives me a natural eye for craft and detail.

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Product designer turned software engineer with 10+ years building products at the intersection of design and code. Started at Vimeo as a designer, transitioned to engineering to own their design system, and have never looked back.

Having lived on both sides of the handoff gives me a natural eye for craft and detail.

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Spanish; Castilian
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Work Experience

Sr. Software Engineer at FEVO (fevo.com)
January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026
Built foundational Webflow site features from new designs, including search experience, all profile experiences, booking experience, and landing pages. Developed using React, Next.js, Next Auth, Algolia, Google Maps, Jest, Chakra UI, SWR, and deployed on Vercel. Sole engineer under the CTO focused on site foundation and core functionality.
Product / Engineering Lead at Google Cloud Interactive AI (NextIn Conference 2026)
January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Co-built custom diagnostic platform for Google’s journalism branch and handled post-launch maintenance and new features. Re-architected full codebase to add internationalization support using the Google Translate API. Worked with React, Next.js, Next Auth, Storybook, Prisma, Material UI, SWR, and Vercel.
Sole Developer (Redesign & Maintenance) at Revive MedSpa (revive.md)
October 1, 2024 - Present
Redesigned and relaunched full site in Oct 2024; ongoing role as sole developer for maintenance, new features, and site iteration. Completed Drupal 10 to 11 upgrade across a large complex codebase, updating backend repository outside typical scope. Built/maintained React/Next.js/TypeScript frontends and UI flows tied to Drupal CMS.
Sole developer (Maintenance & New Features) at Revive MedSpa
October 1, 2024 - Present
Owned ongoing iteration after redesign and relaunch of the full site (Oct 2024). Completed Drupal 10 to 11 upgrade across a large complex codebase, updating backend repository beyond typical scope. Also implemented new features and ongoing maintenance. Tech included React, Next.js, TypeScript, Jotai, Storybook, Drupal CMS, and Pantheon; with deployments on modern frontend workflows.
Team Lead / Engineering Lead at Google (gemini.google.com) - Gemini Launch
January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Led a team of 7 engineers building HTML + JS apps used to train Gemini AI models prior to public launch. Owned building and peer code reviews before formal submission. Also built real-time interactive fitness experience where exercises were scored live by Google Gemini with posture/speed/feedback and QR code for plan takeaway. Used JavaScript, CSS, Google internal tooling, React/TypeScript/Next.js, Storybook, Google Gemini, Firebase, and Material UI.
Engineering / Frontend (Project) at Google News Sustainability Project (news-sustainability-project.com)
October 1, 2023 - Present
Worked on sustainability-related web product initiatives under Google News. Built and maintained frontend experiences and supporting tooling for project delivery.
Frontend Engineer (Contract) at Google News Sustainability Project
October 1, 2023 - Present
Worked on Google News sustainability project site (news-sustainability-project.com) supporting ongoing product development. (Specific scope not fully detailed in the resume excerpt.)
Frontend Engineer at Moment Inc
February 28, 2021 - June 29, 2022
Work directly with design and other developers to support ongoing site maintenance and new feature development for the existing Moment web application. Responsible for sitewide accessibility compliance, reducing known issues by over 60% and increasing compliance score from low 70s to over 85% in a matter of months. Engineered redesign of Product Page, highest-trafficked page on site, including backend implementation of automatic thumbnail generation from mp4s and associated test coverage. Implemented third party vendor applications, including Extend Warranty (PHP, Vue, Vuex, Nuxt, Craft, Craft Commerce, AWS, Docker)
Frontend Engineer (Contract) at Use All Five Design Agency
August 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
React frontend development for client projects, including building and integrating React applications with CMS-driven content and design systems.
Founder & Software Engineer at We Are Team Roc
August 1, 2019 - Present
Redesigned and relaunched alongside 2 engineers and 1 designer. Built foundational component library including mapping and review support. Tech included React, Next.js, TypeScript, Jotai, Storybook, Payload CMS, and Vercel.
Founder, Frontend Engineer and Product Designer at Graeae Creative LLC
June 30, 2019 - Present
Support various clients with frontend development and product design needs. Responsible for architecting and developing integrated or standalone frontend web applications. Interview and work alongside project stakeholders while performing competitive research to define and design product experiences. Mentor junior designer by evaluating design choices, implementing best practices, and enforcing accessibility standards. Responsible for then building design mocks into organization's existing codebase, following org standards. (React, React Hooks, Typescript, NextJS, Contentful, Vercel, CSS in JSS, CSS Modules, Material UI, Chakra UI, Apollo, GraphQL, Docker, Zeplin, Sketch, InVision, Figma, Drupal, Webflow, Shopify)
Founder & Software Engineer at Graeae Creative
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2022
Led redesign and relaunch with a small team. Built foundational component library including mapping and review support. Worked across design/engineering with React, Next.js, TypeScript, Jotai, Storybook, Payload CMS, and Vercel.
Product Engineer (Marketing & Digital) at The Infatuation
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2017
Led marketing campaigns across banner, email (including HTML builds), and landing pages in collaboration with product, marketing, and the CEO. Iterated on creative based on performance data to optimize messaging for specific user demographics.
Product Engineer at Moment Inc
January 1, 2017 - July 1, 2019
Built the first web location search experience for on-demand recommendations; company was acquired by JP Morgan Chase. Worked with React, Redux, PWA, PHP, Django, Mapbox, GCP, Docker, and AWS. Optimized web performance, improving Google PageSpeed Insights scores by 40+ points. Was the first full-time engineer under the CTO, building an inaugural UI library, a React Native Android app, and an interactive Mapbox mapping tool; also created an interactive mapping workflow and supporting UI.
Product Engineer at The Infatuation
December 31, 2016 - July 30, 2019
Worked alongside a small group of designers and developers to maintain and iterate on existing Infatuation applications and features, including analysis and improvements on web performance issues, as well as establishing the foundation for the UI library (React, Redux, Immutable.js, Django, SCSS). Responsible for implementing and enforcing CSS best practices across engineering team on all platforms (BEM, SASS). Developed and maintained Infatuation Android application from the ground up alongside CTO, responsible for bug fixes and updates (React Native). Built an internal restaurant review app named Pesto as a research study in new technologies and data collection. Collaborated and developed on Zagat, using insights and learnings from Pesto (Vue.js, Vuex, Typescript, GRPC, Protobufs).
UI Engineer at Vimeo
July 31, 2015 - December 31, 2016
Worked alongside the design team to architect and document the Vimeo SCSS library. Building out reusable modular design patterns in order to aid the engineering team in using consistent and clean front-end code. Collaborating directly with the design team to maintain our UI styleguide, working from early stages of design to consult and advise on the build and design of new or updated features all the way through site implementation. Participate in the process of UI component creation with design team, building out to-spec builds in Codepen, iterating with any design feedback, building into Vimeo code repository while documenting in our design and development styleguide. Keep track of and implement latest accessibility best practices and standards.
Senior Product Designer at Vimeo
February 28, 2014 - July 31, 2015
Worked directly with the product and development teams to build fully scalable responsive designs and user experiences for feature products. Responsibilities included early competitor research, architecture and wireframing of experiences across different device types, and high fidelity design mocks. Built out front-end experiences for several design projects as development resources were not always available.
Product Engineer / UI Engineer at The Infatuation
February 1, 2013 - January 31, 2017
Led marketing campaign engineering across banner, email (HTML builds), and landing pages in collaboration with product, marketing, and the CEO. Iterated creative based on performance data to optimize messaging for specific user demographics. Also designed scalable responsive UX and component library, then transitioned to UI Engineer to lead Vimeo’s design system build.
Product and Digital Marketing Designer / UI Engineer / Senior Product Designer at Vimeo
February 1, 2013 - January 1, 2017
Designed scalable responsive UX and a component library in collaboration with product and engineering; later transitioned to UI Engineer to lead Vimeo’s design system build. Authored, architected, built, tested, and documented the UI component library for the entire engineering organization, with end-to-end ownership from functional mocks to accessibility-compliant implementation and rigorous testing.
Digital Marketing Designer at Vimeo
February 1, 2013 - March 1, 2014
Worked alongside product and marketing teams to create multifaceted marketing campaigns targeting multiple different user types across varying mediums. Participated in daily stand-ups with the Head of Marketing and Vimeo CEO to review performance data and support design decisions. Design responsibilities included banner campaigns, email newsletters (including HTML builds), landing pages, and other campaign-based collateral. Met frequently with marketing team to review metrics and analytics. Consistently iterated and tested on previous creative to find the most effective copy, visual, and concept for targeting specific demographics.
Senior Product Designer / UI Engineer at Vimeo
January 1, 2013 - February 1, 2013
Architected, built, tested, and documented a UI component library for the entire engineering organization. Owned end-to-end flow: functional mocks -> design feedback iteration -> accessibility-compliant implementation -> rigorous testing. React, ZeplinUI Engineer work transitioned from product design into engineering to lead the design system.

Education

BA Studio Art at University of Maryland
August 25, 2005 - May 1, 2009
Concentration in Graphic Design
BA, Studio Art (Graphic Design focus) at University of Maryland
January 1, 2009 - August 13, 2026
BA, Studio Art (Graphic Design Focus) at University of Maryland
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2009

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Industry Experience

Consumer Goods, Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Computers & Electronics, Retail, Non-Profit Organization, Education, Professional Services