I design financial products and the internal tools that keep them running.

Since 2020 I have worked on investments, credit and subscription commerce. Until July 2026 I was Senior Product Designer and Product Lead at Allu.Invest, the investment business unit of the Allugator group, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

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  1. Mechanical engineering

    2012 - 2019, PUC Minas

    I studied mechanical engineering and worked with processes, product development and quality. Somewhere in between, I found design through graphic design and kept studying it for years out of pure curiosity.

  2. Transportadora Andrade

    Feb 2020 - Apr 2021, Product Designer

    When I left engineering, I came back to design as the career I wanted. My first product job was at a logistics company, where I designed a training platform that kept truck drivers working safely and within the rules, along with the carriers’ control systems, the style guide and the website.

  3. Allugator

    Apr 2021 - Jun 2022, Founding Product Designer

    As the company’s first designer, I set up the practice from zero, from the e-commerce journeys to the UX metrics I tracked with the product team.

  4. Allu.Invest

    Jun 2022 - Jul 2023, Product Designer

    When the group opened its investment business, I designed its first products: the app where investors follow their contracts and the back-office where finance pays them.

  5. allu

    Jul 2023 - Jun 2025, Senior Product Designer

    Postgraduate degree in UX Design, PUC-RS (2024-2025)

    I designed the systems behind a subscription company, from the new brand in the product and recurring payments to reverse logistics, credit and the design system, also acting as product manager for the internal teams. Along the way I mentored 5 designers and 2 product managers.

  6. Allu.Invest

    Jun 2025 - Jul 2026, Senior Product Designer and Product Lead

    I led product and design for the investment business unit, owning the vision, roadmap and metrics while rebuilding the investor app and the internal contracts system behind it, with AI tools like Claude and Cursor in the daily work.

  7. What’s next

    July 2026

    I closed the Allu.Invest chapter in July 2026 and I’m looking for my next product design role in financial products.

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