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Cesar Vargas
DegreeB.A. Media Arts & Design
LanguagesEN, SP
LocationSeattle, WA

"I don't think of engineering and design as separate disciplines ... the best interfaces are built by people who think in both."

I started my career as a graphic designer — visual hierarchy, color theory, and typography were my first languages. I primarily taught myself to code because I wanted to bridge the gap between motion design & web. Years later, now I specialize in Vue.js & front-end engineering while incorporating my roots in design.

I've led front-end architecture for three scale-ups, and designed award winning apps & websites. I'm most in my element when a project sits at the intersection of technical complexity and visual craft.

Design-driven engineering

Every technical decision should serve the experience. Performance, accessibility, and animation are design concerns.

Craft at every layer

Pixel-level detail in the UI. Clear, purposeful APIs in the code. Both matter.

Expertise

Proactively improving

Engineering

Vue 3

98

Nuxt

86

React

70

Angular

79

TypeScript

90

CSS / Tailwind / SCSS

97

Node.js / Express

74

Testing (Vitest, Cypress)

88

Performance & Web Vitals

91

a11y

84

Design

Adobe Creative Suite

99

Illustrator & Photoshop

99

Figma

81

Design Systems

79

UI / Interaction Design

92

Logo Design / Brand Identity

88

Typography

90

Motion Design

87

Print / Advertising Design

93

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