Eddie Machado

Honest & Practical Design Leadership

Specializing in Design Systems and Design Ops, I build functional foundations that set design teams up for success.

Currently

Designing the future of AI-powered design systems and workflows at Miro

$300M annual revenue in 2025, 100M users globally, 1800+ remote employees

Previously

Streamlining localisation with AI at Lokalise

$39M annual revenue in 2024, used by 3k companies globally, 200+ remote employees

Crafting a Design System and Ops at Hotjar

Acquired by ContentSquare in 2022, used on 1.3M+ websites in 180+ countries, 150+ remote employees

Optimizing million dollar conversion funnels at Booking.com

$23.7B in revenue in 2024, used by 135M active mobile users in 2024, 24k+ employees globally

Case studies

AI-enabled Design system

Integrating AI into our Design system and automating our workflow to scale AI-enabled development and design within Miro.

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Whitelabeling Web3 gaming marketplace

Leading design & strategy for Parcel, we used real world e-commerce patterns to build marketplaces aimed towards newcomers to the space.

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Speaking

2026 - The path to an AI enabled design system

Online event focused around AI-enabled design systems and vibecoding best practices

2024 - Design Systems at Miro

Presented in Amsterdam at the Miro offices with 200+ attendees

2025 - Optimizing handoff for the AI age

Presented in Berlin and presented with my colleague Karen Nino (Design system Engineering Manager)

2025 - Launching a new Design language at scale

Presented in Lisbon and discussing Miro's recent launch with 100+ attendees

Connect

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