Matheus Costa
Design Engineer
Biography
I’m a Brazilian multidisciplinary designer bridging the gap between Product Design and Software Development who’s worked in-house and remotely on many projects, creating digital experiences for over a decade across various industries.
Education
Bachelor of Design Degree (2011 - 2014)
Universidade do Sagrado Coração (USC)
Languages
Portuguese: Native Speaker
English: Near Fluent
Spanish: Near Fluent
Capabilities
Design: Definition, research, user stories, use cases, flowcharting, wireframing, prototyping, visual specification, asset creation, QA, evaluation, interactive design frameworks, interface patterns, and dynamic content.
Code: HTML, Pug, Jade, CSS, Sass, Stylus, JavaScript, JSON, jQuery, React, Vue.js, Git.
Tools: Figma, Invision, Photoshop, Balsamiq, Zeplin, VS Code, Storybook, Webflow, Wordpress.
Work Experience
Design System Lead (Oct 22 - Aug 23)
My mission was to evolve the DS maturity, enhance the handover process to engineers, and increase the adoption from designers, coming from a basic Figma file to a central hub in ZeroHeight where different teams could consume.
Product Designer / Engineer (Sep 21 - Oct 22)
I first joined the marketing team to improve their experience when building new pages.
Then I transitioned to be the P.O. of the billing and designOps teams, leading payment-related features and the company’s design system.Technical Screener / Interviewer (Jul 21 - Present)
Conduct interviews following assigned interview guidelines and best practices, representing the brand to potential design candidates, and then providing all data, including video recording, meeting notes in the predefined format, and evaluation results, to a Director of the Recruiting Team.
Lead UX / UI Engineer (Jul 19 - Sep 21)
Led the end-to-end design process for the new Rockford Fosgate dashboard.
Activities included the implementation of Lean UX processes, UI design and front-end development.Lead UX / UI Engineer (Nov 17 - Aug 21)
Crafted all the products, built a design system, revamped the dashboard for event organizers, and redesigned the mobile apps for participants.
Lead Web Designer (Aug 16 - Nov 17)
Led the design from the conception to delivery of several features of their legacy fintech platform in a modern single-page application for Chase.
UX Designer / UI Engineer (Aug 14 - Aug 16)
Worked from conception to delivery of projects for multiple clients like H&R Block, Citrix, and General Electric.
UX Designer / UI Engineer (Nov 11 - Jul 14)
Worked with a range of startups to kick-start their concepts, define a design language and implement the front-end components for their projects based on the eDirectory product.