Raúl González
Head of Design Systems
Mexico City · Remote-first · Open to relocation · CST (UTC-6)

I scale design infrastructure. 12 years at the intersection of design, engineering, and ops — most recently architecting Coltrane DS at Coppel: 16.7M component insertions, $600K saved/year, 300+ teams.

Currently: procedural systems, automation, AI-assisted workflows.

Head of Design Systems
Apr 2025 — Present

Lead architecture and evolution of Coltrane DS across the Coppel ecosystem.

  • Define system governance, token strategy, and adoption roadmap
  • Mentor design engineers on componentization, procedural design, and compound systems
  • Drive cross-functional alignment between Design, Engineering, and Product
  • Embed AI-assisted workflows into design and development pipelines
19 libraries · 300+ product teams · 16.7M component insertions · $600K saved annually · +229% ROI
Staff Design Systems Architect
Feb 2024 — Apr 2025

Promoted to lead the architecture of Coltrane DS as the system scaled to enterprise level.

  • Defined governance model (Principals · Creators · Contributors) that enabled 17.5x adoption growth
  • Set token architecture and componentization patterns adopted across business verticals
  • Co-built libraries while mentoring engineers from junior to mid level
Staff Product Designer · Design Systems
Jul 2022 — Feb 2024

Joined Coppel to build Coltrane DS from scattered assets into a unified system.

  • Designed and shipped foundational components, tokens, and patterns
  • Established the technical north star the system runs on today
  • Co-built libraries hands-on with the early team
Product Design Lead · Design Systems & Ops
Dec 2019 — Jun 2022

Built the design system from zero at Mexico's leading challenger bank.

  • Unified 5 product teams under one architecture
  • Reduced user confusion in core flows from 30% to 8.2%
  • Scaled the team from 2 to 7
Senior Product Designer
Oct 2019 — Dec 2019

Joined Albo to redesign core flows. Promoted to lead design + systems within 3 months.

Sable Studio
Board member
2019 — 2022

Advisory role after stepping out of operations.

Founder & Technical Director
Feb 2013 — Feb 2019

Founded and ran a digital studio specialized in design + code.

  • 300+ projects shipped for IDB, Unilever, Timex, Gestionix
  • 60 jobs created over 9 years
  • 35% YoY revenue growth
DDB
Art Director
Oct 2012 — Oct 2013

Digital art direction for brand campaigns.

Design Systems·AI automation·Design Engineering·Platform Tools·Mentorship·Strategy

Interactive DesignIberoamericana University

Spanish (Native)·English (Full Professional)·Japanese (Beginner)

  • The Vault — Co-founded and built an AI-powered digital marketplace for collectibles. Zero to operating business with team in under a year (2025–present).
  • Bloopscore — Designed and built a SaaS for designer growth. AI-powered solo build (2025–present).
  • Design Systems Course atPlatzi — Authored and taught to 5,000+ students across LATAM.
  • Design Commit — Built a 1,500-person community of designers and developers in Mexico City.