Maximiliano Céspedes

Senior product engineer
12+ years of experience

Building smarter product systems for the AI era.

I help teams turn ambiguous product problems into polished, reliable interfaces.

01

WeTransfer

Product experience

02

Coolblue

Commerce platform

03

Creative Fabrica

Creator tools

04

Stepcraft

Founded product

05

m4x

Indie lab

Product engineering for ambitious teams

From idea to shipped product.

Performance and observability

Faster, clearer, easier to trust.

Frontend architecture and modernization

Cleaner systems for faster teams.

AI / product advisory

Useful AI, with judgment.

Design systems and UI foundations

Shared foundations that raise quality.

Strategy when needed. Code when it matters.
01APR 13, 2026

UI Patterns for Agent-Driven Products

Less clutter, more clarity.

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02APR 02, 2026

Vibe Coding Is Here to Stay, But It Needs Guardrails

AI work needs smaller boundaries.

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03MAR 30, 2026

Staying Sane When AI Agents Keep Changing Your Workflow

How to keep the tool useful.

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04MAR 26, 2026

Frontend Interviews Should Measure Judgment, Not Memory

Senior work is not typing speed.

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I'm Maximiliano Céspedes, senior frontend / product engineer, founder-minded builder, and advisor.

I care about craft, systems thinking, product judgment and interfaces that feel trustworthy.

  • NEXT.JS / REACT
  • PRODUCT ENGINEERING
  • FRONTEND ARCHITECTURE
  • DESIGN SYSTEMS
  • PERFORMANCE
  • OBSERVABILITY
  • EXPERIMENTATION
  • AI & PRODUCT ADVISORY

Let's build something that matters.

If you need product-minded frontend help, I would like to hear what you are building.