María Duenas
Engineering Manager Design Systems at Just Eat Takeaway.com
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolMaría Duenas is an engineering manager and design-systems specialist based in Berlin with a decade of experience bridging visual design and full‑stack development. She leads cross-functional teams to build and integrate web component libraries, drive adoption of design systems, and decommission legacy UI platforms while coaching seven direct reports and running early-career hiring programs. Her background spans hands-on work in React, TypeScript, Web Components (Stencil), Storybook, Golang and mobile native stacks, giving her a rare blend of product-facing design sensibility and robust engineering delivery. Known for creating spaces where engineers’ voices shape technical decisions, she pairs user-centered research and prototyping with pragmatic implementation. Outside work she explores digital art, music and photography, which informs her visual-first approach to UI and design system craftsmanship.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Engineering in Graphic Design, Graphic Design, Engineering in Graphic Design, Graphic Design at Universidad Tecnológica IsraelBachiller en Físico Matemático, Bachiller en Físico Matemático at Colegio de AméricaMaster of Computer Science, Information Technology, Master of Computer Science, Information Technology at RMIT University
Spanish, EnglishProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
maledr5/flash-cards
May 2021 - Aug 2022
Quick app to help memorise new German vocabulary
Contributions:3 reviews, 1 PR, 12 pushes in 1 year 3 months
quick-appvocabulary
maledr5/fiduamericas
Aug 2017 - Nov 2018
Content site
Contributions:80 commits, 1 PR, 39 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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