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Principal Product Designer & Systems Lead
San Francisco, CA
Skills
Product Design
Design Systems
Figma
Prototyping
React
User Research
Typography
Education
BS
Stanford University
2014–2018
Experience
Staff Product Designer
Stripe
Leading interface design for global payment infrastructure and merchant dashboard.
2022-03
–
Now
Senior Product Designer
Linear
Designed core issue tracking workflows, keyboard shortcuts, and dark mode design tokens.
2020-01
–
2022-02
Projects
Design System 3.0 ↗
2024
Multi-brand design system consumed by 45+ product teams with automated Figma sync.
Mobile Redesign & Gestures ↗
2023
Fluid gesture-driven mobile workspace for high-velocity engineering teams.
Comprehensive review of Figma component libraries, tokens, and React/Tailwind handoff workflows.
DELIVERABLES // Token mapping matrix · Component hygiene report · Zeroheight / Storybook sync guide
End-to-end UX wireframing, high-fidelity prototypes, and design specs for seed-stage startups.
DELIVERABLES // Clickable Figma prototype · Mobile & Desktop layouts · Design spec tokens
“Alex transformed our entire product design system. Shipping velocity doubled within 30 days of launch.”
Guillermo R.
CEO & Founder · NextWave Inc.
“One of the sharpest product minds in design. Clean craftsmanship and obsessed with user clarity.”
Elena Vance
VP of Product · Linear Scale
Nielsen Norman Group UX Master Certified
NN/g // 2023
Advanced Design Systems Architecture
Design Systems Guild // 2022
Design Lead of the Year
Silicon Valley Design Awards // 2024
1st Place Interactive Product
Awwwards Annual // 2023
25+
Keynote Talks
120k
Figma Community Downloads
45+
Teams Scaled