Design and code,
undivided.

selected work

Places worth stopping.

Selected work. Pick one to read the case study.

a few side quests

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the traveler

Hi, I'm Joel.

Boricua, pa' que tu lo sepas. I've spent 15+ years between design and engineering, building design systems and shipping product. I'm the person who notices when a button is 2px off.

My career has taken some turns. Front-end work for Disney and Pixar through an agency, co-building health startups where the users were actual patients, then joining Linux Academy when it had 20 people and leaving when it had 200+. These days I'm a Senior Design Engineer at Buildout, building the design system and the interfaces on top of it.

Off the clock: piano, video games, and outside.

  • Product design
  • Design systems
  • React / TypeScript
  • Prototyping
  • Motion
  • Front-of-frontend
the road taken

Where I've traveled.

7 roles · 15+ years of practice.

Buildoutfka ProspectNowJan 2020 to Present
Senior Design Engineer · Remote
Linux AcademyFeb 2017 to Jan 2020
Director of Product (UI/UX) · Keller, TX
ProspectNowFreelanceSept 2016 to Feb 2017
Product Designer & UI Engineer · Remote
the send-off

Let's make something worth making.

A new product, a stuck design system, or just a good conversation. I read every note and I write back.