Sebastián Balderas waving hello

I create AI systems that simplify complex workflows.

About

Design Philosophy

Products fail when they ignore how real work actually happens. Good design should reduce cognitive load, support judgment under pressure, and make it easier to act with confidence. I work on systems around roles, exceptions, states, and constraints — so teams can operate with less ambiguity and more control.

My background in urban planning shaped how I think about systems, behavior, and operational complexity. My Master's in Strategic Design and Innovation strengthened that lens by connecting research, strategy, and implementation. That combination still defines how I work today: I look at products as living systems, not isolated screens.

Today, my work sits at the intersection of enterprise workflows, CRM/ERP and cloud-based platforms, design systems, and AI-assisted decision-making — the same lens that applies whether a job description calls the role Senior UX/UI Engineer, Product Designer, or AI Workflow Engineer. I care about AI when it improves judgment, coordination, and execution inside real workflows — not when it becomes decoration. I'm especially interested in products where humans and AI can work together without losing clarity, governance, or control.

I evaluate AI automation across three maturity levels — deterministic workflow automation (L1), agentic integration (L2), and adaptive agent loops (L3) — to decide when automation should stop and human judgment should begin. At Agentic Dream, I applied that framework to Strata, shipping L2 in production where the decision surface was narrow enough to trust, and designing L3 governance patterns — including audit trails and permission scopes — held back until safe to remove human review.

If your product needs clearer decisions, safer automation, and workflows that hold up under pressure — you're in the right place.

Skills

Frontend

Building accessible, production-ready interfaces

I ship interfaces that hold up under real usage — typed, accessible, and built to scale with a design system.

JavaScript, TypeScript · React, Angular · HTML5, CSS3 · Tailwind, ShadCN, Radix

AI Engineering

Applying AI tools inside real design workflows

I use my AI stack the same way I use any workflow — in sequence, not all at once. Claude and ChatGPT help me explore the problem space and draft the first workflow specs; v0 and Lovable get a clickable prototype in front of stakeholders before a line of production code exists; Claude Code with Figma MCP, and Cursor for fast iteration, turn validated designs into implementation-ready systems; and n8n, LlamaIndex, and MCP wire the automation and agent-orchestration layer once the workflow itself is proven.

Claude, ChatGPT, ChatGPT Codex · v0, Lovable · Claude Code + Figma MCP, Cursor (Grok native default) · LlamaIndex, n8n · AI agents and workflow orchestration

Design Systems

Treating Figma as a machine-readable source of truth

I build design systems as the shared contract between design and engineering — versioned, tokenized, and ready for AI tooling to consume directly.

Figma (variables, tokens, components) · Design tokens architecture · Token-to-code mapping (Tailwind, ShadCN, Radix) · Figma as a machine-readable source for AI and automation

Accessibility

Enterprise-grade compliance, not an afterthought

Accessibility is part of the spec from day one, not a pass I run before shipping.

WCAG 2.1 / 2.2 · Inclusive design · Keyboard navigation and screen reader patterns · Enterprise compliance

Continuous Learning

I invest deliberately in staying current with how AI is reshaping product and design work — through structured coursework, not just headlines.

Agentic AI: Fundamentals, Architecture Foundations, AI Agents for Product Leaders — LinkedIn Learning

AI-assisted building: Claude Code, The Complete AI Coding Course, Build with AI (LlamaIndex + MCP) — LinkedIn Learning / Anthropic / Udemy

Design practice: Hands-On with Design Systems, Practical Accessibility for Designers — LinkedIn Learning

Hi, I'm Sebastián. Share a job description or ask about enterprise, B2B, CRM projects, or anything else.

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