Senior Design Engineer · React · TypeScript · Design Systems

Building AI first. Designing for humans.

I bridge design and engineering — turning intent into interfaces people trust.

inaki.to · GitHub · LinkedIn · Book time · [email protected]

I didn't arrive with a title — I built the path. A decade of design systems at Williams-Sonoma, NextRequest, Afterpay, and Optimizely taught me that great interfaces are engineered from intent, not decorated at the end.

When AI became the platform, that craft mattered more, not less. At Herald I own the human layer — editorial workflows, collaborative writing, and publishing surfaces where powerful models meet people who need to trust what they ship.

Frontend roots, full-stack reach, and the engineer designers want in the room. I translate complexity into calm, high-fidelity UI — because the experience is the product.

• 🔭 Currently: Senior Design Engineer @ Herald — AI content platform surfaces beyond chat-centric UX (research synthesis, collaborative writing, fact-checking, publishing)
• 🌱 Exploring: CLI/TUI tools for power users, AI-first product craft, and design systems that scale
• 👯 Collaborate on: design systems, AI product surfaces, and high-craft frontend architecture
• 💬 Ask me about: React, TypeScript, design systems, UX engineering, and bridging design with technology
• 📫 Reach me: [email protected] · cal.com/inakito
• 📍 Based: SF Bay Area · Puerto Rico · Remote
• 😄 Pronouns: he/him
• ⚡ Fun fact: The word “engineer” comes from Latin ingenium — cleverness / skill. Craft over ceremony.

Also: Design Systems · UX Engineering · CLI / TUI (Ink, Ratatui) · Flutter · Vercel · CI/CD

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Herald — Senior Design Engineer (2025–present) Human layer on an AI content platform: product flows beyond chat, CLI tools for power users, research / writing / publishing surfaces.

Earlier design-system & frontend craft at Joy, Williams-Sonoma, NextRequest, Afterpay, Walmart Labs, Optimizely, Gap Inc., Autodesk, and Code for America.