Cahê Scarcela
Cahê Scarcela

Product designer with a founder's mindset, fluent in design, code and business.

20 years of tripling MRR, shipping to millions, and building things that outlast my time there.

Ivrea, Torino — ItalyOpen to senior IC and consulting roles
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I join companies before the blueprint exists. I leave with something that lasts.
— Cahê Scarcela

Results

Impact in numbers

3xMRR Growthyampa · 2 years
4M+DownloadsAstrolink redesign
R$100KMonthly MRRAstrolink · peak
70%Faster deliveryDesign to code cycle
20YearsShipping digital products

About

For twenty years I refused to pick a lane. Turns out that was the point.

CODEDESIGNPRODUCTONE THREAD
01 / The path

I started in development, moved into design, and somewhere along the way took on product direction too. For 20 years I've been sitting at the intersection of those three — and for most of that time, I felt like an outsider for it.

02 / The shift

AI changed that. Now I can bring business thinking, design, and code together in a way that wasn't really possible before. I go from problem to prototype to production without losing the thread between them.

03 / The sweet spot

I work best when the brief doesn't exist yet. When the structure needs to be invented. When the product has to earn its place in the market before it earns a roadmap.

04 / The long bet

Brazilian, based in Ivrea — the city where Olivetti invented the personal computer.¹ Living here with my wife and two kids, which tells you something about how seriously I take long bets.

¹ Ivrea is a UNESCO World Heritage site — "Industrial City of the 20th Century".

20+Years at the intersection
3Disciplines, one person
2Long bets (they race too)
Cahê with family at the Battaglia delle Arance, Ivrea—Back in the pool — 22 years later

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