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Alex Kim

Product Designer & Engineer

Brooklyn, NYhello@alexkim.com

About

I design and build calm software for messy human problems. Previously product design at Linear and Figma. Currently exploring what's next.

Work Experience

Mar 2022 — Present
San Francisco, CA

Led design for the issue triage and AI-assisted planning surfaces. Shipped the new keyboard-first inbox and the cross-team initiatives view used by 60k+ teams.

Aug 2019 — Feb 2022
San Francisco, CA

Designed the FigJam canvas tools and contributed to the cross-product design system. Partnered with engineering on the realtime collaboration model.

Jan 2017 — Jul 2019
Designer & Engineer at Independent
Remote

Shipped products for early-stage startups across fintech, climate, and consumer. Built and sold a small SaaS for indie writers.

Writing

Speaking

2024
San Francisco, CA
2023
On the limits of design systems
Brooklyn Design Week

Side Projects

Education

Sep 2013 — May 2017
BFA, Graphic Design at Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI

Contact

Twitter
GitHub
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