Nestor PeñaDesign Engineer · Product Designer

Design Engineer in Bern · available now

I design software,
then I build it.

7+ years making complex business software easy to use.

7 case studies
Portrait of Nestor Peña

Case studies

Tools I've worked with

Design

  • Figma
  • Design systems
  • Prototyping
  • Wireframing
  • UX research
  • Usability testing
  • Accessibility (WCAG)
  • Adobe XD
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator

Frontend

  • React
  • React Native
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Sass
  • Astro
  • Vite
  • Flutter / Dart

Backend and cloud

  • ASP.NET
  • C#
  • Azure
  • Cloudflare
  • REST APIs

AI

  • Claude Code
  • Claude Design
  • Figma MCP
  • ChatGPT / Codex
  • Perplexity

Team and delivery

  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Azure DevOps
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Datadog
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Notion
  • Brevo

Languages I work in

  • Spanishnative
  • Englishfluent
  • Frenchfluent
  • GermanA2 certified, heading to B2
  • Portuguesebasic
  • Italianbasic
Nestor in his Abailar teacher portrait, mid-step and laughing

About

I came from Cuba at 23 speaking only Spanish, worked 18 months in a factory to pay for engineering school, and became a frontend developer, then a product designer. Now I do both.

Also: I teach Cuban salsa at Abailar.

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What people say

“He communicates and presents topics clearly, concisely and in a manner tailored to his audience.”
Marco Hofmann, COO · Daniel Heutschi, CEOComfone AG
“We particularly appreciated his proactivity in proposing new solutions for user interfaces.”
Michael Frossard, CTOECCO2 Solutions · translated from French
“His analytical effort, his understanding of the subject and the quality of the deliverables more than surprised me.”
Jean-Jacques ZemmouriEtat de Vaud · translated from French
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Available immediately · Swiss C permit · Spanish, English, French, German, Portuguese, Italian