CV

Maria Varagilal

Lisbon

Senior Technical Product Designer · Design Engineer

linkedin.com/in/mariavaragilal

about

Lead Frontend Designer with 10+ years transforming product experiences across B2B SaaS — from strategy through to production. Sole design lead across a multi-product portfolio: I own the full design lifecycle, mentor contributors, and when the design is approved, I build it. A designer who ships — no handoff required.

Do it with passion, or not at all.

Energetic by nature and licensed in Design — during the undergraduate degree the passion for digital took hold. From there, a career built on owning the full path from concept to production.

From concept to production — bridging design and code with JavaScript, modern frameworks, Redux, and clean UI development to turn ideas into full experiences that are thought through, built out, and ready to perform.

Product Design
User Interface
React
Graphic Design
JavaScript (ES6+)
Redux
FrontEnd
Web Design
AI tools

Currently using AI to accelerate design-to-code workflows, from exploration and prototyping to production-ready components.

education

Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa

Bachelor's Degree, Design

2008 - 2011

Academia Flag

Specialization, Communication Design

2011 - 2012

awards

Young Lions Portugal

Bronze cyber

May 2014

Behance

Web Design Served

July 2013

experience

Securibox

Lisbon, Portugal

September 2015 - Present

(10 years 7 months)

Lead Technical Product Designer & Frontend Developer

  • - Led end-to-end design strategy and vision: shaped product experience, UI/UX design, information architecture, and brand identity across a multi-product B2B SaaS portfolio.
  • - Led design across multiple products in parallel, owning tailored workflows end-to-end and working directly with backend engineers.
  • - Reviewed work across teams, mentored designers through problems without obvious answers, and guided them toward better decisions independently.
  • - Architected intuitive product flows, content organization, and complex enterprise workflows from discovery to delivery.
  • - Designed interfaces in design tools, then built them directly into production code using React, Redux, Vite, Gatsby, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS — no handoff to a separate frontend team.
  • - Built fully responsive, accessible, and performant UIs following WCAG standards.
  • - Partnered daily with engineering teams on API integration, technical architecture decisions, feature implementation, and shipping high-quality code.
  • - Balanced strategic design leadership with deep technical execution in a fast-paced, product-driven environment.
  • - Leveraged AI tools to accelerate design-to-code workflows while maintaining design quality and engineering standards.

YoungNetwork Group

Campo Grande, Lisbon, Portugal

January 2013 - September 2015

(2 years 8 months)

UI/UX Designer

  • - Led design execution on client-facing digital projects, coordinating with developers and account managers from brief to delivery.
  • - Designed and developed graphic concepts, proposals and projects for mobile and web apps.
  • - Produced social media campaigns, visual assets, and interactive experiences.

InfoPortugal S.A.

Lisbon, Portugal

September 2012 - January 2013

(4 months)

Graphic Designer

  • - Development of projects internally and externally. The tasks include developing graphic concepts, designing brochures, guides, roadmaps, and digital and paper infographics.
  • - Development of proposals and projects for mobile and web app.

Cofina media

Lisbon, Portugal

July 2012 - August 2012

(1 month)

Intern Designer

  • - Design and development of editorial pages for magazines TV GUIA and FLASH