Design Engineer · Remote worldwide
A designer that codes,
and an engineer who designs.
Ten years across startups, agencies, cooperatives and product teams. Available to join a new one, in either role or both.
Background
The art background is where most of my decisions come from, including the ones I make in code.
Art and design studies
Studied visual arts and electronic arts at university for years, plus graphic design. I never finished any of those programs, but spent over a decade between them, which is where I learned about composition, color, hierarchy, materials and how images and sounds carry meaning.
How I got into software
In 2014 I started working in software, almost by accident: a small agency needed someone who could design and code a landing page, and I happened to be able to do both. From there I kept going, and software became the place where I apply most of what I learned in art school.
What I do today
Today I work as a product designer, a frontend engineer, or both at once, depending on the team. The two sides are not separate practices for me, they share the same way of looking at problems.
Building products involves translation between engineering and design, and I speak both languages.
What I bring
Design and engineering work, inside the same brain.
How I usually join
I take contracts as a designer, as an engineer, or as both.
Product design
UX flows, UI, brand and design systems, delivered in Figma at the spec level each team needs.
Frontend engineering
React and Next.js work, from component architecture and design system implementation to motion and performance.
A decade of work
Design and engineering across industries and team sizes.
Selected projects
A selection from the last decade.
Ken Wilber Website
Product design · Frontend · Motion
Personal website for philosopher Ken Wilber, built around his video and written archive.
Designed and developed the full interface, with custom JavaScript animations to navigate a content-dense, canvas-heavy experience.
Archivo Rosa
Product design · Frontend · Typography
Online archive of stories and poems by Argentine women writers.
Designed and developed the full interface, with a typography system and reading-focused UX.
Teams I've worked with
Where I've contributed.
Webstacks
Software engineer
2025
US-based digital agency building high-performance marketing sites for tech companies.
Built frontends in Next.js with Sanity as CMS, taking design systems from Figma into production code.
Betterez
Full-stack engineer
2022–2024
SaaS platform used by transport operators to manage tickets, reservations and operations.
Worked across the stack on feature development, implemented analytics, modernized the back-office UI and automated the translation workflow.
Nayra Cooperativa
Co-founder
2018–2021
Worker-owned digital cooperative serving clients in culture, real estate and civic tech.
Co-founded the cooperative. Led the internal rebranding process and worked as product designer and frontend developer across client projects.
intive
Product designer
2015–2018
Software company building digital products for US and European startups.
Mostly UI design and rebranding work, including the UI redesign of Dropcar, plus design systems, landing pages and style guides.
Portinos
Web developer
2014–2015
Digital agency serving advertising clients and running internal operations.
Developed websites, email campaigns and JavaScript animations for ad campaigns, plus internal operations interfaces.
Current work
Three projects in development.
Frecuencia Humana
Creative direction · Product design · Build
A digital wellness platform with seven self-guided cycles, each combining original music composed with specific frequencies, movement, meditation and writing.
Built the brand, the platform, the experience design and the technical stack from scratch, including custom audio infrastructure and motion-led interactions.
Roaming Studios
Product design · Frontend · Architecture
A modular platform that wellness professionals, coaches and creators can adopt as their own website, course platform or membership space, with their own brand.
Designed and built the full system end to end: tokens, components, CMS architecture, auth, payments and the multi-tenant frontend, so one codebase can power many client sites.
Roaming Labs
A training program for multipotential people who want to turn what they know into a working business: from finding their focus, to defining a product, to building and selling it.
Designed the curriculum, the methodology and the platform that delivers it.
Generative
Interactive sketches.
Canvas studies that respond to the pointer — the same motion language behind product and art work. System cards with sketch layers, alone or over media.
Art & Creative Technology
The other side of what I am.
Visual arts, electronic arts, generative media, animation and interactive installations. This is where the design sensibility comes from.
How the practice took shape
Where I come from and what I work with.
2009 – 2020
Years of formal studies in visual arts, electronic arts and graphic design.
2014 – today
Working in software, first in agencies and startups, now in product teams and on my own platforms.
Industries I've worked in
Product types I've built
Stack I work with
Building products involves translation between engineering and design, and I speak both languages.
Where I've contributed
Let's work together
Open to freelance projects.
Remote, any timezone. Typical reply in 24–48 hours.
contact@romigomez.com.ar