I lead the design of developer-focused interfaces for large-scale data systems, focusing on deployment monitoring, debugging workflows, and platform observability. I thrive on systems thinking, building scalable design systems, and collaborating跨 engineers and educators to simplify complex workflows. In recent roles, I’ve designed onboarding, dashboards, and financial tools for high-net-worth contexts and mentored designers to raise the bar on UX quality.

Abhay Syal

I lead the design of developer-focused interfaces for large-scale data systems, focusing on deployment monitoring, debugging workflows, and platform observability. I thrive on systems thinking, building scalable design systems, and collaborating跨 engineers and educators to simplify complex workflows. In recent roles, I’ve designed onboarding, dashboards, and financial tools for high-net-worth contexts and mentored designers to raise the bar on UX quality.

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I lead the design of developer-focused interfaces for large-scale data systems, focusing on deployment monitoring, debugging workflows, and platform observability. I thrive on systems thinking, building scalable design systems, and collaborating跨 engineers and educators to simplify complex workflows. In recent roles, I’ve designed onboarding, dashboards, and financial tools for high-net-worth contexts and mentored designers to raise the bar on UX quality.

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Language

German
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English
Fluent
Italian
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Hindi
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Work Experience

Senior Product Designer at Ververica
August 1, 2025 - Present
Leading designs for developer interfaces for large-scale data-streaming systems (Apache Flink), improving deployment monitoring, debugging workflows, and platform observability.
Senior Product Designer at LIQID Investments
February 1, 2023 - July 1, 2025
Designing scalable product flows for wealth management, building onboarding, dashboards, and financial tools for high-net-worth investors; founding designer building a design system, and mentoring designers; supported €100M+ private-equity signings.
Product Designer at Exporto
July 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023
Redesigned internal cross-border logistics platform used by warehouse and customs teams to improve operational efficiency; collaborated closely with engineers and designed with awareness of frontend systems and constraints.
Product Designer at Edu-sharing
August 1, 2019 - May 1, 2022
Designed collaboration tools for Germany’s OER education platform and led UX workshops with educators and institutions.
Product Designer at OER Education / Germany
February 1, 2017 - February 1, 2019
Early-career contributions focusing on collaboration tooling for Germany’s education platform and UX workshops with educators and institutions.
Designer at Kony (acquired by Temenos)
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2017
Designed enterprise banking and developer tools with a focus on usability, accessibility, and scalable UI patterns.

Education

Masters in HCI at Bauhaus University
March 30, 2019 - May 30, 2021

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Education, Energy & Utilities, Software & Internet, Transportation & Logistics, Professional Services