Taiyab Raja

Senior Product Designer / Design Engineer @ Sourcegraph. Previously Exercism.org.

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

About

Highly pragmatic, functionally-minded UI/UX designer with over 10+ experience. Computer Science background. - Designed an open-source, free code learning platform from scratch with over 1M (now 1.5M)+ students. - Designed and launched a whole new B2B SaaS product in the employee engagement space. - Created a whole new brand, strategy, website, and course assets for off-shoot L+D product in two weeks. - Founded a company in the travel space. Launched a product with over 400% YoY growth. Relentless. Naturally motivational through inquisitiveness and exploration. Seeks mastery. Works well in cross-functional teams. Business-minded and entrepreneurial.

Experience

  • Design Engineer at Sourcegraph
    Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

    • Lead design for $40M+ ARR code search tool • Lead 0-1 design for Deep Search: an agentic AI code search tool • Contributing design to Amp: an agentic AI coding tool for pro devs

  • Senior UI/UX Designer at Fluent (Cambridge) Ltd
    Jan 2023 - Oct 2023 · 10 mos

    • Worked in a small design team on a complex, data-driven UX-heavy project: a B2B tool to help companies better plan wind turbine placements on their land. Wireframing, and detailed prototyping. • Managed stakeholders across numerous projects, collecting, processing and validating their feedback against market and user needs • Collaborated in a small design team to prototype out a complex, data-heavy B2B tool for bus network monitoring. Full end-to-end design.

  • Senior Product Designer at British Council
    Apr 2023 - Jun 2023 · 3 mos

    • Collaborated with academic, business and technical teams in the British Council to design a platform for millions of students across the globe. Full end-to-end design. • Conducted user interviews and in-person focus groups abroad to test assumptions, gain insights and develop a deep understanding of students' needs and wants

  • Senior Product Designer at Kaido
    Sep 2021 - Jan 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Designed complex, multi-state experiences for a B2B SaaS product in the team engagement space • Built an entire design system including: a consistent set of components (built atomically), style guide + design tokens (for typography, color palette, spacing, shadows, etc.) in Figma • Maintained the design system throughout product design and development sprints • Generated comprehensive UX wireframes, high-fidelity mockups and interactive prototypes for iOS, Android and web • Helped steer product vision and GTM strategies • Worked in a cross-functional team (sales, marketing, product, development) to deliver a beautiful platform, marketing website and product experience Design Tools: Figma, Miro, Notion

  • Senior UI/UX Designer at Exercism
    Jan 2020 - Aug 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos

    • Designed a B2C learning platform to scale to over 1.2M (now 1.5M) students • Principally responsible for designing an entire new version of the product: Exercism V3 (from scratch), including 100s of components (atomic design), 100s of screens, flows, style guide + design tokens in Figma • Ideated and executed on an entire visual UI overhaul • Generated complex, multi-state wireframes for learning journeys and code submission UX for learners realised those wireframes into pixel-perfect UI • Worked closely with others in a cross-functional team • Introduced a system-wide aesthetic, consistent UI set and theme/brand throughout Design Tools: Figma, InvisionApp