Ariane Medina
Senior Frontend Engineer & Creative Technologist
Experience
Senior UX/UI Engineer
Leading frontend development and maintenance of the company's largest SaaS platform. Building and maintaining an internal Design System to unify UI across all internal tools. Established a design-to-code workflow integrated into agile sprints. Proposed and prototyped 3D design solutions (Three.js) for Google Ads campaigns. Optimised codebase by 40% while introducing new features. Leading sustainability, accessibility (WCAG), and performance audits across the platform. Latest major feature: a banner generator with 3D templates, exporting to DV360 and other campaign platforms.
Mid-Level Frontend Developer
Developed A/B experiments focused on client conversion. Responsible for UX/UI design and implementation of internal tools. Won a marketing case competition for Odido. Nominated for the dentsu Northstar Awards for a social impact project.
Mid-Level Developer
Developed features — Pending Payments, Whitelist, Blacklist — for the Safra Bank mobile app. Collaborated closely with Product, Design, and engineering to iterate on responsive experiences. Built reusable component libraries. Worked with microservices architecture.
React / React Native Developer
Implemented Scrum in the frontend team, improving delivery consistency. Mentored four interns. Contributed to UI development in Figma and code.
Intern
Trained in API development with Java and C#. Used Jira, Azure, MySQL, Angular. Developed a complete mobile application independently as an internship project.
Skills
Frontend
- React.js
- React Native
- TypeScript
- JavaScript (ES6+)
- CSS3
- Redux
- REST APIs
Creative Tech
- Three.js
- Blender
- Canvas API
- Framer Motion
- Generative Art
- WebGL
Design Systems
- Design Tokens
- Storybook
- Figma
- WCAG / ARIA
- Design-to-Code
- Material UI
Quality
- Lighthouse CI
- Playwright
- TDD
- Core Web Vitals
- Performance Optimisation
Process
- Agile (Scrum/Kanban)
- UX Research
- Usability Testing
- Cross-functional Collab
Craft
- Ceramics
- Wheel-throwing
- Hand-building
- Glaze chemistry
Education
Computer Science Bachelor — GPA 3.8
Graduated with Honours. Focused on software engineering and human-computer interaction.
Secondary Education — GPA 3.6
Participated in the Student Council. Graduated with Honours.
Certificates
Comprehensive WebGL and Three.js course covering shaders, physics, post-processing, and creative coding techniques.
Programming Logic, C#, Python, Java, JavaScript, Data Structures
Foundational programming certificates covering multiple languages and core CS concepts.
Languages
Portuguese
Native
English
Fluent
Spanish
Fluent
Dutch
Learning