I’m a frontend-leaning full-stack engineer with 9+ years of experience, including 7+ years working with U.S. startups.
My strongest area is building product-heavy SaaS applications with React, Next.js, and TypeScript, especially where UX, performance, scalability, and product quality matter a lot. I care deeply about turning complex workflows into interfaces that feel clear, polished, and reliable.
Over the years, I’ve worked across health-tech, legal-tech, fintech, marketing websites, CMS-driven platforms, and workflow-heavy internal tools, often with high ownership from idea to production.
- Build modern web applications with React, Next.js, and TypeScript
- Create scalable, reusable frontend architectures
- Work across frontend and backend when needed
- Collaborate on product decisions and UI/UX improvements
- Improve performance, accessibility, SEO, and maintainability
- Translate complex business problems into intuitive product experiences
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Tailwind CSS
- CSS Modules
- Styled Components
- Chakra UI
- Framer Motion
- Node.js
- Express
- NestJS
- PostgreSQL
- Supabase
- Prisma
- Drizzle
- React Query / TanStack Query
- Zustand
- Jotai
- Context API
- React Hook Form
- Zod
- Sanity
- Contentful
- Prismic
- Hygraph
- Product thinking
- Design systems
- UX clarity
- Accessibility
- Performance
- SEO
- Clean architecture
- Developer experience
- Code quality
- Fast iteration with high standards
A personal product I built end-to-end with a strong focus on UX, AI integration, and performance.
- Live app: quiet-mind.vercel.app
- Case study: mateuspaula.dev/work/quiet-mind
You can explore more of my work and case studies here:
- Portfolio: mateuspaula.dev
- Work / Case Studies: mateuspaula.dev/work
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mateus-s-06a81b123
- Portfolio: mateuspaula.dev
- Email: mateusdesouzapaula97@gmail.com



