Lead Product Designer & Design Engineer
TURNING MESSY IDEAS INTO SHIPPED PRODUCTS
I connect business goals, user needs, and hands-on development to build useful products, from educational platforms to tools people use every day.
Featured Products
Real problems. Thoughtful design. Working products.
Know what to take. Remember what you took.
Before
Pillboxes → Alarms → Memory
Now
Schedule → Reminder → Confirmation
Professional Experience
From design leadership to shipping AI-powered products.
- ▶Led Flash-to-HTML5 migration, increasing monthly delivery from 30 to 100 products while cutting developer hours by 50% through process optimisation
- ▶Redesigned the main learning platform using a component-based design system, expanding usable screen space by 11% and improving focus and engagement for 50,000+ students
- ▶Built and scaled a unified design system adopted across 3,500+ products, enabling faster handoffs and consistent user experience
- ▶Developed Python and Shell automation scripts to eliminate repetitive tasks, enabling async collaboration and accelerating team productivity
- ▶Translated stakeholder needs into clear product and technical direction, and made engineering constraints understandable to non-technical teams while shipping workflows, prototypes, and automation tools
- ▶Built AI-assisted mobile, web, and internal products from 0 to 1, taking them through user tests, live pilots, team adoption, and Android launch prep
- ▶Designed and deployed MVPs with Codex, Claude Code, Lovable, React/Next.js, React Native, Vercel, Supabase, and Neon
- ▶Created Edco/Bua automation tools that cut resource-production tasks by 10x+, turning PDF, thumbnail, title, and SVG workflows from hours into seconds
- ▶Led end-to-end redesign of mobile and web platform plus complete visual identity overhaul, directly contributing to the company securing new partnerships and investment
- ▶Built foundational design system still scaling across the product today
- ▶Founded and led VR startup building architectural visualisation and tourism platforms in Unity 3D and Unreal Engine, securing incubation at InovAtiva Brasil
- ▶Pivoted from B2C to B2B based on user research, resulting in partnerships with real estate developers and tourism boards
Core Expertise
The intersection of design, AI, and rapid execution.
Product Strategy & Business
- Problem discovery & validation
- Business viability & prioritization
- MVP scoping & trade-offs
- Stakeholder alignment
Product & UX Design
- User journeys & interaction design
- UI design & reusable systems
- Usability testing & iteration
- Design leadership & collaboration
Development & Automation
- Web & mobile product development
- AI-assisted prototyping & implementation
- Internal tools & workflow automation
- Deployment & ongoing improvements
About Me
Curiosity, business thinking, and hands-on building.
I'm Bruno Pinheiro, a Lead Product Designer and Design Engineer connecting product strategy, user experience, and development.
I previously founded and ran a VR company. That experience and my MBA in Entrepreneurial Management and Innovation help me balance user needs with business viability, set priorities, and decide what to build.
My interest in building started with taking motors out of toy cars to make small fans and boats. That curiosity led me to design and development with Unity, Unreal, and HTML/CSS. Today, I also use AI-assisted development to prototype, test, and iterate faster.
I currently lead product design for educational platforms while building independent products and tools that address everyday problems.
Outside of work, I enjoy running, photography, cooking, and playing guitar.