I am a UX Engineer Manager at Alexa Shopping and I teach Design Systems

I have 18 years of experience in design, coding, and mentoring. For the past 6 years, I have been at Amazon, where my most recent role was Design Technologist Manager at Alexa Shopping. During this time, I led design and development teams in creating a new Design System. This project was especially unique due to the creation of a Conversational Design System, which had never been done before. In addition to leading and managing the strategy, I also explored new ways to make it happen, such as using Artificial Intelligence and redefining the overall concept of design systems. Aside from my work at Amazon, I teach UX Design at the Universidad Oberta de Catalunya and Design Systems at Mr Marcel School. Furthermore, I enjoy speaking at conferences whenever I have the opportunity.

UX Engineer Manager, Amazon

Main task:

I conceptualized and created the world's first voice Design System, with a focus on scaling design teams across Alexa Shopping's development teams and integrating mechanisms for Design System adoption by development.

Highlights:

• Early findings show more than an 80% reduction in component creation time from UX and a 65% reduction in development time.
• In just six months, I defined both technically and visually the action plan to launch the Design System. I took on multiple roles simultaneously and as a result, we launched the first version ahead of schedule at the end of Q3 2022, when it was initially planned for the Q1 of 2023.

Sr Design Technologist, Amazon Business

As we prototype products, time is the most powerful factor, we need to learn fast in order to iterate better.

As a Senior UX Engineer covering Austin, Seattle, Madrid, and Hyderabad, I comprehend the interplay between technical and UX decisions and possess the ability to serve as a liaison between technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Tools:

I have experience using Figma, Sketch, VoiceFlow, Invision, and UserTesting. Additionally, I have worked with several front-end languages and frameworks, including React.

Highlights:

In 2019, I presented the Telescope Tool, an internal tool for creating coded prototypes, at the DT Summit - a conference that brings together Amazon's UX Engineers. By using this tool, I was able to cut down prototyping times by over 45%.

During the launch of Amazon Business Prime, I made a decision to modify the mechanism that both UX and development had been working with. This resulted in the product being released a month ahead of the estimated date, allowing us to have a stronger OPS team and launch before Amazon Prime Day.

I have been recognized twice as the Most Peculiar Amazonian, out of more than 300 peers, in the Ownership and Invent and Simplify categories.