Creative Developer · Based in New York

Alex Rivera

Crafting immersive digital experiences where design precision meets engineering depth.

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About Me

Developer.
Designer.
Builder.

I'm Alex Rivera, a creative developer with 6+ years building digital products at the intersection of design and engineering. I obsess over typography, interactions, and the invisible details that make interfaces feel alive.

Previously at Vercel and Figma. Now building tools that help teams move faster without sacrificing craft.

Technical Proficiency

HTML / CSS92%
JavaScript88%
React85%
Node.js78%
UI/UX Design90%
Framer Motion80%
Selected Work

Projects

Flux Design System
Live Demo GitHub

Flux Design System

A comprehensive, themeable component library built for scale. Used by 40+ product teams across the org.

React TypeScript Storybook
↗ Live Demo ⬡ GitHub
Orbit Analytics
Live Demo GitHub

Orbit Analytics

Real-time data visualization dashboard with interactive charts and AI-powered anomaly detection.

Next.js D3.js PostgreSQL
↗ Live Demo ⬡ GitHub
Prism Motion
Live Demo GitHub

Prism Motion

A creative animation playground and code sandbox for experimenting with WebGL shaders and CSS effects.

WebGL GSAP Three.js
↗ Live Demo ⬡ GitHub
Forma Mobile App
Case Study GitHub

Forma Mobile App

Fitness tracking app with AI coaching and gesture-based navigation. 50K+ downloads in launch month.

React Native Node.js TensorFlow
↗ Case Study ⬡ GitHub
Ledger Finance
Live Demo GitHub

Ledger Finance

Open-source personal finance tracker with encrypted sync, smart categorization, and beautiful reports.

Vue.js Supabase Chart.js
↗ Live Demo ⬡ GitHub
Echo CMS
Live Demo GitHub

Echo CMS

Headless CMS with real-time collaborative editing, version history, and a drag-and-drop visual builder.

Next.js tRPC Prisma
↗ Live Demo ⬡ GitHub
Career

Experience

2022 — Present

Senior Creative Developer

Vercel — San Francisco, CA
  • Led the redesign of the Vercel Dashboard, reducing user drop-off by 34%.
  • Built a real-time collaboration engine powering 200K+ daily active users.
  • Introduced a component design system adopted by 8 cross-functional teams.
  • Mentored 4 junior developers; 2 promoted to senior roles within 18 months.
2020 — 2022

UI Engineer

Figma — Remote
  • Developed interactive prototyping features used by 4M+ designers globally.
  • Improved canvas render performance by 60% through WebGL optimizations.
  • Shipped 12 major features across the plugin ecosystem and REST API.
2018 — 2020

Frontend Developer

Loom — New York, NY
  • Built the video recorder interface from scratch using Web APIs and React.
  • Reduced initial bundle size by 45% through code-splitting and lazy loading.
  • Led accessibility audit resulting in WCAG 2.1 AA compliance across the app.
2016 — 2018

Creative Technologist (Intern → Full-time)

IDEO — Chicago, IL
  • Designed and prototyped 20+ rapid concepts for Fortune 500 clients.
  • Created physical-digital interactive installations shown at SXSW 2018.

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Six years of work, distilled into one document. Updated January 2025.

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