DESIGN ENGINEER

Bridging visual design & scalable web development.

Open to full-time, part-time, or project-based roles in Europe. Building production-grade interfaces with absolute layout fidelity and robust architectures.

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Viktoria knuth

Bridging visual design & scalable web development.

Open to full-time, part-time, or project-based roles in Europe. Building production-grade interfaces with absolute layout fidelity and robust architectures.

Get in touch View work

HOW I WORK

Strengths

Design to Code.One person, both sides.

Figma
React
SCSS
Claude

I don't just implement designs — I build them. From Figma tokens to production components, I bridge the visual and programmatic gap seamlessly.

Content systems.Not just interfaces.

Next.js
Payload CMS
APIs

From headless CMS architectures to integration flows, I build robust, scalable sites where content and layout stay aligned.

Three countries.One workflow.

German
English
French

Germany, France, and Spain — I thrive in international teams and bring a natural ease to cross-cultural, multilingual collaboration.

Design to Code.One person, both sides.

Figma
Cursor
Claude
GitHub Copilot
React
SCSS

I don't just implement designs — I build them. From Figma tokens to production components, I use AI tools like Claude and Copilot to accelerate the full pipeline and ship clean, responsive UI that's maintainable.

Content systems.Not just interfaces.

Next.js
Payload CMS
REST API
Hubspot

From headless CMS architectures to marketing tool integrations — I build products where content and design are one coherent system, ready to scale.

Three countries.One workflow.

German
English
French
Spanish (learning)

Germany, France, and now Spain — I thrive in international teams and bring a natural ease to multilingual collaboration across cultures and time zones.

HOW I GOT HERE

Career Journey

A path from visual design to full-stack engineering - with a focus on performance, systems, and cross-functional collaboration.

Sport Alliance·2022-26

MarTech & Design Engineer

2025-26

Headless CMS structures, Next.js / Vue.js web apps. Deep cross-functional collaboration.

Frontend Engineer

2024-25

Next.js, performance optimization, responsive layouts, API integrations.

2025-26

MarTech & Design Engineer

Set up headless CMS structures and developed web applications with Next.js and Vue.js. Cross-functional collaboration with marketing, design, and product.

2024-25

Frontend Engineer

Developed responsive, performant web applications using Next.js and modern CSS/SCSS. Custom integrations with third-party APIs and performance optimization.

2022-24

Junior Web Designer & Frontend Developer

Designed and developed responsive websites and landing pages. Translated UI/UX designs into clean, functional code.

Digital Beat·2021-22

Web Designer & Graphic Designer

2021-22

WordPress & Elementor design engineering. Created digital marketing and visual brand assets.

2021-22

Web Designer & Graphic Designer

Designed and implemented landing pages and website content using WordPress and Elementor. Created graphic design assets for social media and ad campaigns.

“Viktoria's ability to bridge design and engineering made our team's workflow seamless. Her technical skills are exceptional, and her collaborative spirit makes complex problems feel manageable.”

Jordan Lee

Product Lead • Sport Alliance

BACKGROUND & LIFE

From Stage to Screen

Literature & Theatre

Studied Literature (Magistra Artium) in Germany. Worked as assistant stage director and director in theater and opera - staging narratives, directing attention, leading creative ensembles.

Germany

Web Design

First step into digital - designing and building websites, translating visual thinking from stage to screen. Learning to work with code, content systems, and user flows.

Germany · France

Design Engineering

Where it all comes together. Building design systems, frontend architecture, and cross-functional product work - with the storytelling instinct of a director and the precision of an engineer.

France · Spain

PORTFOLIO

Selected work

Sewcial Dancer

A digital pattern platform for knitters and sewing enthusiasts. Optimized content flows and highly structured layout hierarchies.A digital pattern platform for knitters and sewing enthusiasts. Goal: Build a beautiful, content-rich platform that makes browsing and buying sewing patterns joyful. Optimized content flows and highly structured layout hierarchies.

ReactNext.jsSanity CMSReactNext.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSSanity CMS

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Sport Alliance Platform

Migration of legacy high-traffic marketing sites from WordPress to Next.js, yielding 70% speed improvements.Enterprise website modernization for a sports tech company. Goal: Migration of legacy high-traffic marketing sites from WordPress to modular Next.js applications, yielding 70% speed improvements.

Next.jsTypeScriptDesign SystemNext.jsTypeScriptStorybookDesign SystemWordPress Migration

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SETUP

Ready to connect.

LOCATION

Hamburg, Germany (CET)

LANGUAGES

German & English

WORK STYLE

Remote-first with flexibility

AVAILABILITY

Full-time, part-time, or projects

Shall we talk?

Open for full-time, part-time, or project-based work. Let's build something great together.

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