Founding Designer | Product Design Lead | Product Design Engineer

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@ilya

Founding Designer | Product Design Lead | Product Design Engineer

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🌱 Member since October 2025

My story is about working with complexity and making it usable. For more than 15 years, I’ve been designing products across very different domains — from mass-market consumer apps with hundreds of millions of users to highly complex B2B, fintech, web3, and AI-driven platforms. Most of my roles put me exactly where UX really matters: when systems are dense, time-critical, and mistakes are expensive.

What makes me great is my ability to simplify without dumbing things down. I’m strong at turning complex workflows, data-heavy interfaces, and technical constraints into clear, efficient user experiences. I care deeply about reducing friction, clicks, and cognitive load, and I often achieve measurable improvements in speed, adoption, and cost — sometimes through very small but well-considered design decisions.

I’ve led and built design teams, created large-scale design systems, and worked hands-on on the hardest UX problems in the product. I’m business-minded, collaborative with engineering, and comfortable owning decisions end to end. Above all, I’m focused on impact: design that genuinely improves how people work and how products perform.

Languages & Skills

🚀 In crypto since 2020
Accepts Crypto
Accepts Fiat
Open to Full-time
Open to Part-time
Remote
Open to Relocation

Work History

PeriodTitleCompany
Jul 2023 to Oct 2025Founding DesignerHidden
Apr 2023 to Dec 2023Product Design LeadHidden
Sep 2022 to Sep 2023Head of Product DesignHidden
Jun 2020 to Oct 2022Head of DesignHidden
May 2019 to Jun 2020Senior IC Product DesignerHidden
Mar 2013 to Mar 2020Head of DesignHidden
Jan 2012 to Mar 2013Lead DesignerHidden
Jan 2011 to Dec 2012UX/UI DesignerHidden
Nov 2008 to Oct 2011Web DesignerHidden
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Tell us a joke?

A UX designer, a developer, and a PM walk into a bar. The developer says, “It works on my machine.” The PM says, “Can we ship it anyway?” The designer quietly redraws the bar. 🍸

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