Rhea Solenne

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Lisbon, Portugal

Rhea Solenne

Product Engineer & Designer

Design systems, Front-end architecture, Motion & interaction

I design and build calm, fast digital products — from first sketch to production code.

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  • 10+Years of experience
  • 48Projects shipped
  • 5Companies
  • 13Skills

01Who I am

About me

I turn fuzzy ideas into products people enjoy using. I care about clarity, speed, and the small details that make software feel alive.

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For nine years I have worked between design and engineering — leading design systems, building front-end platforms, and shipping products for health, mobility and media companies.

I believe the best interfaces are quiet: they get out of the way, load instantly, and work for everyone, on every device.

Outside work you will find me sketching buildings, swimming in cold water, or teaching beginners to code.

  1. 01

    Design systems

    Built and scaled three systems used by 200+ engineers.

  2. 02

    Performance

    Obsessed with sub-second loads and smooth 60 fps motion.

  3. 03

    Accessibility

    WCAG-first habits from wireframe to release.

02Where I have worked

Experience

  1. Present Lead Product Engineer Orbital Health

    Lisbon · HybridFull-timeVisit website

    Leading the patient-app platform team: design system, web performance and motion guidelines.

    • Cut app start time by 54% with a new rendering pipeline
    • Launched the "Pulse" design system across 6 products
    • Mentored 8 engineers into senior roles
    • TypeScript
    • Design systems
    • Web performance
  2. Senior Front-end Engineer Kite Mobility

    BerlinFull-timeVisit website

    Built the booking flow and live map used by two million riders a month.

    • Real-time map rendering 10k vehicles at 60 fps
    • Accessibility audit and fixes to WCAG 2.2 AA
    • Maps
    • WebGL
    • Accessibility
  3. Product Designer Parallax Studio

    PortoAgencyVisit website

    Designed brand sites and product prototypes for media and culture clients.

    • Won two national web design awards
    • Introduced code-based prototyping to the studio
    • Figma
    • Prototyping
    • Branding

03Things I made

Selected projects

  1. Abstract violet artwork for the Pulse project
    01

    Pulse Design System

    2024

    A themeable, accessible component system powering six health products.

    LeadClient Orbital Health

    • Design system
    • React
    • Tokens

    Live siteSource code

  2. Abstract blue artwork for the Live Map project
    02

    Kite Live Map

    2021

    A WebGL map that tracks ten thousand vehicles in real time.

    Front-end leadClient Kite Mobility

    • WebGL
    • Realtime

    Live site

  3. Abstract warm artwork for the Museum of Light project
    03

    Museum of Light

    2018

    An immersive exhibition site with scroll-driven storytelling.

    Design & buildClient Lumen & Co

    • Storytelling
    • Motion

    Live site

  4. Abstract green artwork for the Tiny Habits project
    04

    Tiny Habits App

    2023

    An open-source habit tracker that works fully offline.

    Solo project

    • Open source
    • Offline

    Source code

05Trusted by

Companies

06What I use

Skills

Engineering

  • TypeScript95
  • React90
  • Web performance92
  • WebGL70
  • Node.js80

Design

  • Figma90
  • Design systems95
  • Prototyping85
  • Motion design80

Practice

  • Accessibility
  • Mentoring
  • Workshops
  • Technical writing

07Where I learned

Education

  1. MSc, Human–Computer Interaction

    University of Lisbon 18/20Thesis on motion and comprehension in interfaces.

  2. BA, Communication Design

    Porto School of Arts

08Recognition

Certifications & awards

  1. May 2023

    Certified Accessibility Specialist

    Accessibility Guild CAS-2048 View credential
  2. Nov 2021

    Best Product Site of the Year

    Web Craft Awards
  3. Sep 2022

    Speaker — Motion on the Web

    FrontConf

09Contact

Let’s work together

Booking projects from next month

Have a product that needs to feel fast, clear and alive? I would love to hear about it.

Email: hello@rhea.example

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