Design systems at Instacart

I design products,
and the systems that scale them

Nine+ years designing enterprise products, from global intranets to fulfillment tools. Now closing the gap between design and code.

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01 / ABOUT

Pixels, person,
and purpose

I started in Buenos Aires in architecture and technical drawing, spent 15 years in graphic design and marketing in LA, then moved into product design. For nine+ years I've designed enterprise products at EA, Lyft, and Instacart: a global intranet, a unified digital workspace, an education management system, and order and fulfillment tools.

Two and a half years into Instacart, building the design system became the whole job. I took the Tooling Design System from zero to one in its first year, and today it powers 27 teams at 12K inserts a week. What keeps me going is making complicated things feel simple and human.

Beyond the desk

I'm tackling a 100-day React/JS challenge, co-hosting a podcast about mental health and gay dating, and always drawing. Yoga and dance keep me grounded, and monthly board game nights are my small, steady way of building community.

02 / AI & DESIGN ENGINEERING

Closing the gap between
design and code

Design systems usually exist as two copies, one in Figma and one in code, that drift apart over time. Closing that gap is what I care about most: token systems that match the code one to one, with AI doing the slow parts like migration and catching drift, while still leaving room for creative exploration. The future is design and engineering working from one source of truth.

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Experiment

TinyRoots

A product and design system experiment built by AI, for AI. Designers define intent, wireframes, and component contracts, and a locked design system scaffolds hi-fi prototypes straight to code. The experiment behind my POV.

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Passion project