Carina Fonseca
About Carina Fonseca
Carina Fonseca is a Product Manager at Appsmith, where she has worked since 2024. She has a background in computer science and extensive experience in product design and engineering, having held various roles at OutSystems over several years.
Work at Appsmith
Carina Fonseca has been working at Appsmith since 2024 as a Product Manager. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing product development and ensuring that user needs are met through effective design and functionality. Additionally, she serves as the Lead Product Designer at Appsmith, a position she has held since 2023. Her dual roles highlight her expertise in both product management and design, contributing to the overall success of the company's offerings.
Education and Expertise
Carina Fonseca holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Instituto Superior Técnico, which she completed from 2011 to 2014. She furthered her education by obtaining a Master of Science in Computer Science from the same institution between 2015 and 2017. In 2015, she completed a specialized course in User Experience at Xperienz - Research and Design. Additionally, she studied Experimentation and Testing at Reforge in 2019, enhancing her skills in product development and user experience.
Background
Carina Fonseca began her career as a Full Stack Developer during a summer internship at Chic by Choice in 2015. She then joined OutSystems, where she held various positions, including Software Engineer in R&D Engineering, Product Designer for the Core Product, and Team Lead for Product Design and Continuous Discovery. Her tenure at OutSystems spanned from 2016 to 2022, during which she transitioned through roles that combined engineering and design.
Achievements
Throughout her career, Carina Fonseca has contributed to multiple roles that blend product design and engineering. At OutSystems, she progressed from a Software Engineer to a Team Lead in Product Design, demonstrating her capability in both technical and design aspects of product development. Currently, at Appsmith, her work as both Product Manager and Lead Product Designer showcases her leadership in creating user-centric products.
Current Instruction Role
In addition to her work at Appsmith, Carina Fonseca serves as a User Experience Research and Design Instructor at EDIT. - Disruptive Digital Education in Lisbon, Portugal. She has been in this role since 2022, where she shares her knowledge and experience in user experience design with students, contributing to the education of future professionals in the field.