Shiara Arauzo
Design Engineer
I design and build the same thing: I draw it, then I make it. I ship work, and because I believe in community, I build open source side projects and run tech events. I also write and do research.
Currently running Crafter Research, a lab building civic tech tools for Latin America.
Selected work
All work
Plin: Peru's digital wallet
Top-up flow, Scotiabank, 2025
Build 4 Latam
Map homepage, Crafter Station, 2026
Legalize.pe
Web app and API, 2026
International transfers
Transfer flow, Scotiabank, 2024
The Next Craft
Hackathon site, Crafter Station, 2026
Mortgage AI
AI assistant UX, client project, 2024
Latest writing
- What Granola gets right about me, and what I'd change23 Oct 2026I don't work at Granola. This is my own audit of the app, with seven changes I'd make.
- The things I watch on repeat (and what they did to my work)28 Jul 2026Somebody asked me a while ago what hobbies I have that help my creativity and my taste, and I answered way too fast.
- What I've learned from 3 years at Scotiabank05 Feb 2026What three years at one of the largest banks in the Americas taught me about design.