Afonso Pacifer
Senior Software Engineer Design System at Itaú Unibanco
São Paulo, Brazil
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Top SchoolAfonso Pacifer is a Senior Software Engineer and Design System specialist with 11+ years building front-end platforms and Node.js backends for startups and global enterprises. He leads cross-functional teams, defines scalable architectures and design systems that work across frameworks (Web Components, React, Angular, Vue) and emphasizes accessibility, performance and test-driven development. A longtime DevRel advocate, he creates open-source tools, speaks at major Front-End events in Brazil and designs onboarding and contribution flows to accelerate adoption. His work blends practical engineering (SDKs, CI/CD, testing, WPO) with UX-driven thinking and style APIs that improve both developer and end-user experience. Notably, he has shipped framework-agnostic design systems and SDKs for high-scale fintech and banking environments, proving an ability to bridge rapid delivery and enterprise-grade processes. Based in São Paulo, he combines deep front-end craftsmanship with a track record of mentoring teams and cultivating healthy developer communities.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Informática Industrial, Informática Industrial at Escola Técnica ElectraProject Management Specialization, Engineering Management, Project Management Specialization, Engineering Management at University of Colorado BoulderTecnólogo Computação Gráfica, Tecnólogo Computação Gráfica at Seven7Estácio de Sá University
Portuguese, English
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Github Skills (181)
banana10
material-design-lite10
material-components10
web-animations-api10
javascript10
flex10
animation10
in-progress10
alarm10
flexbox-grid10
css-grid10
unicorns10
flexbox10
performance-optimization10
sliding10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
afonsopacifer/flex-grid-framework
Jun 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:9 releases, 121 commits, 14 PRs in 11 months
focusingperformanceflexgridsemantic
afonsopacifer/da-vinci-css
Apr 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:4 releases, 50 commits, 8 PRs in 8 days
cssartdrawings
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