Mayra.
Product designer with an engineering background — scaling platforms at Fortune 500 companies, building AI tools, and shipping from 0 to 1.
Intro.
Mayra is a product designer with a strong background in engineering and AI tools, with a Master's in UX Design. She started as a software engineer at Nike, moved into product design, and now works at the bridge between both, leading design across companies and teams, then shipping the product herself, solo or with a team!
Education.
Arizona State University
Master's in User Experience Design
4.0 GPA · Honors
August 2024 – May 2026
California State University, Long Beach
Bachelor's in Computer Science
August 2017 – May 2021
Experience.
Nike
June 2020 – July 2026
Product Design Engineer
Sept 2022 – July 2026
Associate Software Engineer
June 2020 – Sept 2022
- Led a team of 10 through end-to-end design and frontend engineering for an internal cross-functional analytics dashboard, translating complex, ambiguous workflows into high-clarity interfaces and driving 70% adoption of the platform across the organization.
- Designed and built reusable React and TypeScript component libraries aligned to Figma design systems, improving UI consistency and accelerating feature delivery across multiple product teams.
- Owned interaction architecture and frontend implementation for a scalable internal inventory management system serving 500+ users, reducing manual processing time.
- Prototyped and refined high-fidelity interface concepts — layout, typography hierarchy, state transitions, and usability — in close collaboration with stakeholders and engineers.
- Incorporated AI-assisted development tools like Cursor into the workflow to accelerate iteration and streamline development across projects.
First Gen X
Non-profitJune 2025 – August 2025
Lead Front-End Engineer
- Served as sole front-end engineer for a non-profit's student-facing platform, engineering a responsive, accessibility-first UI in React.js with scalable, reusable components.
- Designed an intuitive, adaptive UI with interactive elements to improve student engagement and overall experience.
Encore
August 2024 – December 2024
Product Designer
- Designed end-to-end UI for a bidding and selling mobile app in Figma and Adobe Suite, driving a 20% increase in user adoption.
- Collaborated on frontend implementation in React.js, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to deliver a seamless cross-platform experience.
Selected
Projects.
Skills.
Engineering
Design
Soft skills
How I work.
Discovery
I start by talking to stakeholders and users directly, run competitive research, and audit existing systems to understand real constraints before designing anything.
Design
I move between Figma and code early, building wireframes and hi-fi mockups alongside a reusable design system, and prototyping directly in code when it answers questions faster than a mockup can.
Build
I write production code myself, in React, React Native, or Swift, using tools like Cursor and Claude Code to move faster without cutting corners on quality.
Iterate
I run usability and A/B tests, bring work back to stakeholders for review, and keep refining post-launch based on real user feedback and analytics.