Manuel Huerta
Engineering Manager at Pinterest
Mexico City
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Top SchoolManuel Huerta is an Engineering Manager based in Mexico City with 11 years of experience building and shipping web and mobile products across full-stack and front-end domains. Currently leading engineering at Pinterest after three years as a Senior Fullstack Developer there, he blends hands-on coding with team leadership and product-driven delivery. His contributions to Pinterest’s Gestalt design system show a knack for polished UI work—adding accessibility-friendly data test IDs, dark mode support, and fixing tricky dropdown positioning bugs. Previously he moved between roles from project management in loyalty marketing to teaching robotics and web development, reflecting a practical background in electronics, robotics and mechatronics from UNAM. Colleagues value him for translating complex UI/UX needs into maintainable components while mentoring teams to operate at product speed.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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Github Skills (11)
uid10
javascript10
system-design10
carbon-design-system10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
react10
jestjs9
jes9
jtest9
documentation7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
pinterest/gestalt
Oct 2021 - Feb 2022
A set of React UI components that supports Pinterest’s design language
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:105 reviews, 6 commits, 60 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Manuel primarily contributed to the development and enhancement of React UI components within the Gestalt design system. They focused on adding features, such as data test IDs, to existing components like Dropdown, OptionItem, and DropdownLink. The user also addressed a bug related to the positioning of Dropdown components within fixed containers. Furthermore, they incorporated dark mode functionality and updated the documentation to reflect changes in the components.
reactui-componentsjavascriptdesign-system
manvoid/gestalt
Mar 2024 - Mar 2025
A set of React UI components that supports Pinterest’s design language
Contributions:87 pushes, 14 branches in 1 year
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