Omie Lacta Itera Nubank
Design engineer, Sao Paulo

Turning research user interviews messy data complex problems wild ideas into products growth strategies brand systems AI experiences design systems people actually use

Sao Paulo, BR -23.5505° S -46.6333° W
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01 — Belief

The future is being shaped by people who can design and build. People who care deeply about systems, craft, empathy and ethics.

02 — Track record

Six years in. I've shipped products for dozens of Y Combinator startups, Nubank, Lacta, Omie and more. Every project taught me something new about what makes people actually use and love things.

Observe
Synthesize
Validate
Launch
03 — Origin

I've studied aerospace engineering. I learned to think in systems, manage complexity, and solve problems that don't come with instructions.

Design
Strategy
Engineering
Research
Scanning capabilities…
04 — Conviction

We're living in an AI-first world now. Everyone has access to the same tools. What matters is orchestration skills, and vision to cut through the noise with experiences that matter. That's where I come in.

Selected Work
Omie
Growth Product Design · B2B SaaS · 95% conversion increase
Lacta / Mondelez
E-commerce UI/UX · Easter Campaign · Brazil's #1 chocolate brand
Itera AI
UX Strategy & Product Growth · AI SaaS · 18 months
Nubank
International UI/UX · Multi-lingual institutional website

I started at Raccoon / .monks, one of Latin America's top marketing and tech agencies. That's where I fell in love with Lean UX and Agile, and eventually created the UI/UX Guild. Went from junior designer to UX Specialist and Guild Lead.


At Awesomic, I've been designing for 10+ Y Combinator companies. Fast turnarounds, high stakes, founders who want real value for their users.


Oh, and I'm also an Aerospace Engineer. University of Sao Paulo, plus a master exchange in Paris at IPSA. It sounds unrelated, but it gave me a way of thinking about systems and problem-solving that I use every single day.


I'm obsessed with positive psychology and UX strategy. Understanding people is my superpower. Small steps to giant leaps.

6+
Years of experience
10+
YC companies served
4
Countries impacted
95%
Best conversion lift
UX Strategy Product Design Design Engineering User Research CRO Growth Design Prototyping Brand Identity Information Architecture Product Marketing AI Products Design Systems
Tools

Tools change every year. The way I think doesn't. Here's what I'm working with right now.

Design & Prototyping
  • Figma
  • Framer
  • Protopie
  • Storybook
Research & Analytics
  • Maze
  • Hotjar
  • Google Analytics
  • Mixpanel
  • FigJam / Miro
Engineering & AI
  • VS Code / Cursor
  • Claude / ChatGPT
  • GitHub
  • Vercel
  • HTML / CSS / JS
Experience & Education
2023 — Present
Awesomic (YC '21)
Product Designer
Designing for fast-growing startups: Segment.ai, hoop.dev, Next Net Media, Prodtrace, and more. Quick turnarounds, real impact, founders who care about users.
2022 — 2024
Omie
Growth Product Designer
Worked on Product-led Growth strategies across the full AARRR funnel. Developed Research Ops from scratch. Achieved 95% conversion rate increase.
2020 — 2021
Itera Artificial Intelligence
Product Marketing Consultant & Head of Marketing
Ran the AI product discovery and go-to-market. Did the full rebrand. Built Alice Balanço from an idea to 11 paying SaaS clients.
2019 — 2022
raccoon.monks / .monks (S4 Capital)
UX Specialist & Guild Lead
Built the UI/UX Guild from nothing. Ran web projects for Nubank, Lacta/Mondelez, and others. Started as a designer, left as a specialist and guild lead.
2015 — 2022
University of Sao Paulo (USP)
B.Sc. Aeronautical Engineering
Where I learned to think in systems, manage complexity, and solve problems that don't come with instructions.
2017 — 2018
IPSA — Paris, France
Master Exchange — Space Major
International exchange program in aerospace sciences. Small steps to giant leaps.

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something remarkable

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