Samuel Baquera
Product Designer · Charlotte, NC
Product designer who turns complex systems into tools people depend on. I design knowing someone I care about could be the end user, whether they're managing their finances or health. I build what I design, shipping production front end, so the work that ships is the work that was designed. Let's build something meaningful.
Experience
Product Designer · baquera.design
- Shipped native iOS app built with SwiftUI and Claude Code.
- Live reservations and payments in private testing with real users.
- Delivered 3 projects across e-commerce, sportstech, and fintech.
- Contributing front end code to active production codebases.
Product Designer · SureCost
- Built two custom AI design agents, tripling capacity.
- Designed data visualization dashboards for compliance workflows.
- Built design system (WCAG 2.1 AA) accelerating development.
- Led 0→1 Purchase Manager feature, preventing pharmacy closures.
- Sole designer on Struts to React migration, rebuilding 60% of pages.
- Preserved major US retailer automations while modernizing interface.
Customer Advocacy Specialist · OnePay
- Helped scale during Walmart acquisition from 70 to 200+ employees.
- Researched 400+ user cases after the launch of an app rebrand.
- Utilized data analytics tools to measure customer satisfaction.
- Identified trends in support tickets to guide product improvements.
Education
Bachelor of Science · Oral Roberts University
Product Design · Memorisely
Nov 2022 – Feb 2023
References available on request