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Ricardo
Angeles

Product Designer & Design Engineer

I design digital products and build the interfaces that make them work.

I connect research, interaction design, and frontend to turn complex problems into clear, production-ready experiences.

Mexico CityUTC-6Remote or hybrid · Available now
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Selected Work

Business-first design

Case studies about turning messy operations, unclear services, and new product ideas into experiences people can understand, use, and trust.

Divisan: Industrial Operations Platform — Turning factory-floor production records into structured data for real-time operational reporting
01Three workflows running in production with 20 active users

Divisan: Industrial Operations Platform

Turning factory-floor production records into structured data for real-time operational reporting

Moldsid: Digital Experience for Precision Manufacturing — Helping an established manufacturer communicate technical capability before the first sales conversation
02Public website launched at moldsid.com

Moldsid: Digital Experience for Precision Manufacturing

Helping an established manufacturer communicate technical capability before the first sales conversation

Evolve: Private Live-Event Streaming Platform — Exploring a new revenue path for live events through private streaming, chat, and responsive viewing
03Functional prototype with local OBS + HLS validation

Evolve: Private Live-Event Streaming Platform

Exploring a new revenue path for live events through private streaming, chat, and responsive viewing

Divisan: Industrial Operations Platform — Turning factory-floor production records into structured data for real-time operational reporting
01Three workflows running in production with 20 active users

Divisan: Industrial Operations Platform

Turning factory-floor production records into structured data for real-time operational reporting

Product DesignUX EngineeringVue 3
How I help

I turn product uncertainty into decisions teams can build.

Companies usually do not need more screens first. They need a clearer problem, a usable flow, and evidence that the solution can work for the people who will use it.

Clarify messy workflows

I map roles, tasks, permissions, data requirements, and edge cases so teams can replace informal processes with interfaces people can actually complete.

Useful when teams rely on spreadsheets, verbal process, or repeated manual corrections.

Design trust into the product

I use information architecture, accessibility, visual hierarchy, and usability testing to make complex services easier to evaluate and safer to use.

Useful when users need confidence before sharing data, buying, or contacting sales.

Connect design with implementation

I work close to frontend, component systems, and prototypes, which helps me catch technical constraints early and hand off decisions that engineering can use.

Useful when the product needs to move from Figma into production without losing intent.

Use AI across the product process

I integrate AI for research synthesis, flow exploration, interface iteration, prototyping, code review, and testing support while keeping human judgment in control.

Useful when speed matters, but the final decision still needs product judgment.

My value is not only making the interface look better. It is reducing operational friction, helping stakeholders make decisions, and moving ideas toward a product that can be shipped, measured, and improved.

Ricardo Angeles — Product Designer and Design Engineer based in Mexico City
Based inMexico City
TimezoneUTC-6
LanguagesES / EN B2+
FocusDesign + implementation
About

Design with intent. Build to prove it.

I’m a Product Designer and Design Engineer with a background in Computer Systems Engineering. I currently work as a UX/UI Designer at Coudera, where I contribute to real products and collaborate directly across design, frontend, and backend.

My strength is moving between definition and implementation. I can understand an operational need, turn it into a flow, design the interface, and work in code until the experience functions inside the product.

I use design to reduce uncertainty: decide which problem deserves attention, explore alternatives, build the necessary version, and state clearly what we know, what we assume, and what still needs validation.

Outside design, I produce electronic music. Both practices depend on structure, rhythm, iteration, and the judgment to know when an experience is ready to share.

Currently seeking: A full-time Product Designer, Design Engineer, or UX Engineer role in a team that values judgment, execution, and collaboration between design and technology.

Capabilities

Skills & Tools

Design

  • Product Design
  • User Research
  • Interaction Design
  • Accessible Form Design
  • Information Architecture
  • Design Systems
  • Responsive Design
  • Prototyping
  • Brand Identity

Engineering

  • HTML / CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Vue 3
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Three.js
  • Blender
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Git & GitHub
  • GitHub Actions

Tools

  • Figma
  • Pencil
  • VS Code
  • Vercel
  • Playwright
  • GitHub

Collaboration

  • Agile / Lean teams
  • Async communication
  • Cross-functional work
  • Stakeholder management
  • English (professional)
  • Spanish (native)

On AI-assisted development: I integrate AI tools to accelerate exploration, implementation, and testing. I remain responsible for the decisions, review generated code, and validate the result inside the product before delivery.

AI across the product lifecycle

AI + product judgment

Discovery

ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude

Interview synthesis, opportunity mapping, hypothesis framing, and faster research readouts.

UX strategy

ChatGPT, Gemini, Figma AI

Flow alternatives, task breakdowns, content structure, and edge-case exploration.

Interface design

Figma AI, v0, Stitch

Layout exploration, component variation, copy iteration, and rapid visual directions.

Prototype and build

Claude Code, ChatGPT, MCP tools

Frontend scaffolding, code review, implementation support, and product-quality checks.

Iteration

ChatGPT, Playwright, local AI tools

Test planning, QA support, usability findings, and backlog refinement after feedback.

Background

Experience

Apr 2026 — Present

Product UX Designer

Coudera

Technology Studio

Own end-to-end UX/UI work across three simultaneous client projects inside a three-person product and technology studio.

  • Designed guided Vue 3 workflows for industrial data capture with staged validation, draft recovery, and mobile/tablet use.
  • Standardized product and color selection patterns across 21 products and 21 colors to reduce capture errors.
  • Designed and launched a manufacturing website with Next.js, React, and Three.js in a three-week sprint.
  • Defined the responsive interaction model for a private sports-streaming product with video, live chat, and voting.
Jan 2025 — Jun 2025

Product UX Designer

Dash Labs

B2B SaaS Platform

Simplified a complex SaaS product for users with different mental models, balancing information architecture, compliance needs, and development handoff.

  • Reduced 12 features into five hierarchy-driven sections through IA, card sorting, and heuristic evaluation.
  • Built a 40+ component design system with tokens and developer-oriented documentation.
  • Designed a Safe Mode concept for PII redaction, visible compliance controls, and action traceability.
  • Validated flows through moderated usability testing and resolved cognitive-load issues from early rounds.
Aug 2025 — Oct 2025

Product UX Designer

Lincoln Mexico

B2B E-commerce

Redesigned a premium automotive purchase experience to improve clarity, brand perception, and confidence through the buying journey.

  • Ran heuristic analysis and competitive benchmarking against premium automotive experiences.
  • Reached 100% preference in A/B testing against the live site, with participants citing better clarity and premium feel.
  • Built a reusable design system covering 8+ touchpoints in the purchase journey.
  • Delivered a deployable HTML/CSS/JS prototype in an approximately 80-hour sprint.
Oct 2025 — Nov 2025

UX/UI Designer

Fintech Onboarding

Fintech

Redesigned an onboarding flow for merchants and small-business owners after identifying severe abandonment in the initial experience.

  • Identified an 82% abandonment rate through qualitative research and contextual interviews.
  • Applied Design Thinking to restructure onboarding around progressive disclosure and milestone-based progress.
  • Reduced the target onboarding experience from days to under 30 minutes in the redesigned flow.
  • Reached 80% task completion in moderated usability testing and addressed WCAG 2.2 AA form patterns.
2023 — 2024

Robotics Teacher

Private school

Education

Taught technology and problem-solving to approximately 300 students, strengthening my ability to explain complex ideas for different levels of experience.

  • Designed step-by-step learning experiences for students with different technical backgrounds.
  • Practiced facilitation, instruction design, and clear communication around complex systems.
2022 — Present

Freelance Product UX Designer

Consulting and portfolio projects

Independent practice

Built a product-design practice across fintech, e-commerce, and B2B SaaS projects after studying Computer Systems Engineering.

  • Led discovery and stakeholder interviews across 10+ projects, translating ambiguous requirements into prioritized user flows.
  • Created scalable design systems with components, tokens, style guides, and handoff-ready documentation.
  • Facilitated usability testing and heuristic evaluations to improve task success before development.
  • Use AI tools daily to accelerate research synthesis, prototyping, implementation support, and review.
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Let’s work together

I’m available for full-time Product Design, Design Engineering, and UX Engineering opportunities. Based in Mexico City, with flexibility to collaborate across time zones.

contact@rangeles.com
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