I’m Lexi Vela.
I design and build product experiences that make the complex feel simple. 🫧
With a background in design and engineering, I focus on user research, systems thinking, and visual polish to build products that scale without losing the human touch.
8+ Years of experience • Startup Experience • UX + UI • Front-end Engineering
About Me 💻
Over the past eight years, I’ve worked across product design and development, bringing digital products from early concepts into real, usable experiences. I’m especially drawn to problems that require understanding how people think, feel, and make decisions, where psychology, and structured thinking meet.
With a background in Computer Science and Studio Art, I blend visual intuition with an understanding of how products are built, helping me collaborate easily with engineers and design scalable, thoughtful solutions that convert users.
I started as a frontend developer at Shrimpy then spent nearly 6 years at Onramp designing and developing hiring and talent discovery platforms used by thousands of developers. Most recently, I worked at Electronic Arts, deepening my focus on full stack web development, interaction design, and product thinking in a large-scale consumer gaming platform.
Today, I focus on designing clear, human-centered experiences that feel intuitive, engaging, and thoughtfully crafted.
EDUCATION
Google UX Design Certificate
September 2025
Santa Clara University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
June 2018
Santa Clara University
School of Arts & Sciences, Minor in Studio Art
June 2018
EXPERIENCE
Electronic Arts
Senior Full Stack Engineer
June 2024 -August 2025
Onramp
Lead Product Engineer & Designer
October 2019 - June 2024
Onramp
Product Engineer & Designer
April 2019 - October 2019
Shrimpy
Frontend Developer
September 2018 - March 2019
Freelance
Designer and Engineer
March 2016 - September 2018
Stanford University
Engineering Intern
July 2015 - August 2016
DESIGN SKILLS
Responsive Design
User Research
Data Analysis
Branding + Identity
Visual Design
Generative AI
0 → 1 Innovation
Design Thinking
Technical Design
Illustration
Typography
UI/UX
Wireframing
Prototyping
Cross-functional Collaboration
Presentations + Demos
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Design Tools
Figma
Claude
Adobe XD
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Miro
Jira
Frontend Development
React
Angular
Typescript
HTML5 + CSS3
Javascript ES6
SEO Optimization
Databases - MySQL, MongoDB
Python
Node.js
Express
✉️ Let’s talk about your project!
I’m currently open to UX and product opportunities.