# Work — claudia ribeiro

> Software engineering at Dune (2022–2026), Credit Kudos (acquired by Apple), and Visa. Selected Dune portfolio with projects and colleague feedback.

Source: https://www.claudia.world/work

## Work experience

### Dune
Frontend software engineer · Jan 2022 – May 2026
  - Led frontend architecture and delivery for cross-functional initiatives serving thousands of daily users, using React, TypeScript, and Next.js.
  - Served as frontend technical lead across high-impact projects, partnering with Product and Design on implementation strategy and UX decisions.
  - Directed the rollout of a company-wide rebrand, coordinating engineers, stakeholders, and an external agency.
  - Contributed to the Dune design system and strengthened Engineering–Design collaboration through clearer handoffs and mentorship.

### Self employed
Full-stack software engineer · Jun 2021 – Dec 2021
  - Delivered end-to-end solutions for clients including digital marketplaces and data analytics, using React, TypeScript, and Ruby on Rails.
  - Built experimental projects with Solidity and related Web3 technologies, including Funky Pizza.

### Credit Kudos
Full-stack software engineer · Feb 2020 – May 2021
  - Contributed to engineering efforts during the company's Series A growth phase, later acquired by Apple.
  - Developed and maintained APIs in Ruby and Go, and frontend applications with TypeScript.
  - Collaborated with Customer Success, Product, and Design to resolve client queries and support delivery.

### Visa
Software engineer · Jun 2018 – Feb 2020
  - Built an internal Python tool to streamline time-consuming tasks for testers, from requirements through deployment and support.
  - Worked on a major initiative using Go, Godog, and Docker to build and maintain critical systems.

## Dune portfolio highlights

The App-side owner on cross-functional initiatives. Over four years the work moved from broad app surfaces and team growth, through AI in the query editor and Metrics, into a full frontend lead on the rebrand, and now enterprise data-platform UX.

- **Dataset collections & pages** (2026)
  Dataset collections & pages
  Role: Frontend lead.

- **Data Explorer redesign** (2026)
  Data Explorer redesign
  Role: Frontend lead.

- **Metrics** (2024)
  Launch the Metrics product: curated, branded data points, as a credibility and trust initiative. Launched at DuneCon 2024, in Bangkok.
  Role: Frontend lead.

- **Color palettes in charts** (2023)
  Auto-apply canonical brand colors (chains, protocols) to chart series so analysts don't pick hex codes manually. Open-sourced a community repo for maintaining palettes. Led the initiative, talked with users to shape it, and kept maintaining the repo afterward.
  Role: Frontend lead.

- **Bootstrap SQL with AI** (2024)
  Standalone UX for generating a new query from a natural-language prompt. Led the frontend, shaping the prompt-to-query flow and example prompts that lower the barrier for people new to SQL.

- **Brand Foundations & rebrand rollout** (2025)
  Rebrand foundations across app and marketing: fonts, colors, components, dark/light mode, QA, and Storybook migration. Led engineering end-to-end through phased rollout.
  Role: Frontend lead.

- **DuneScape marketing site** (2024)
  New marketing site built from scratch and shipped in about a month. Led the frontend, turning a fresh brand direction into a fast, on brand launch under real time pressure.
  Role: Frontend lead.

- **New creator & team profile pages** (2024–25)
  Redesigned public user and team profile pages with native social share, stats, etc. Built several features throughout time including native social share, all-time stats and managing QA.

- **Library & Folders** (2023)
  Reposition the Library as the central workspace for teams, including folder organization and shareable links. Shipped folders, per-row moves, and shareable folder links, turning the Library into a team's command center.

- **Cmd+K** (2023)
  Cmd+K
  Role: Frontend lead.

- **Payment & upgrade funnel** (2025)
  Optimize checkout and upgrade flow, including skipping the team creation step before payment. Owned the frontend revamp that cut drop-off in the upgrade funnel and more than doubled plan upgrade conversion.
  Outcome: Conversion 1.79% → 3.82%.

## Colleague feedback

- "Great work on the brand initiative! You really embraced the rollercoaster and led the eng side with authority and integrity. You also helped guide the whole team to collaborate better, both day to day and also in the long term." — Arne, engineer (Brand initiative, 2025)
- "Great taste and is building/designing alongside." — Austin, lead designer
- "Massive undertaking that turned out super well… so much good feedback and love coming in since we went live." — Fredrik, CEO (Brand refresh, 2025)