Summary
Ricardo Mendieta is a Staff Software Engineer and frontend architect based in Mexico City with 11 years of experience building clinical software, design systems, and real-time interfaces. He combines hands-on engineering at Sofía with executive tech leadership as Head of Technology at Replica and co-founder/CTO of Foo Studio, bridging product, design and development. Ricardo has a strong background in interactive experiences dating back to Flash-era work, which informs his knack for crafting polished, high-fidelity UIs and developer workflows. He teaches interaction design and mentors students and teams, contributing to award-winning creative work and shaping cross-functional processes. Active as an Awwwards judge, he brings a designer’s eye to engineering decisions and a proven ability to translate complex clinical and B2B requirements into maintainable design systems. Notably, his career blends startup founding experience with institutional roles, giving him both entrepreneurial grit and organizational discipline.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Flash Developer, Digital Creativity, Flash Developer, Digital Creativity at Digital Invaders School
English, Spanish