I'm Michael Le, a staff product designer based in Sydney, Australia, with over a decade of experience delivering user-centered design across news publishing, hospitality, and software. I thrive on building strong design cultures, shaping AI-driven features, and scaling design systems for multi-million-user platforms. I enjoy applying rigorous user research and systems thinking to simplify complex technical ecosystems, collaborating across cross-functional teams to deliver measurable impact and delightful user experiences.…

Michael Le

I'm Michael Le, a staff product designer based in Sydney, Australia, with over a decade of experience delivering user-centered design across news publishing, hospitality, and software. I thrive on building strong design cultures, shaping AI-driven features, and scaling design systems for multi-million-user platforms. I enjoy applying rigorous user research and systems thinking to simplify complex technical ecosystems, collaborating across cross-functional teams to deliver measurable impact and delightful user experiences.…

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I’m Michael Le, a staff product designer based in Sydney, Australia, with over a decade of experience delivering user-centered design across news publishing, hospitality, and software. I thrive on building strong design cultures, shaping AI-driven features, and scaling design systems for multi-million-user platforms.

I enjoy applying rigorous user research and systems thinking to simplify complex technical ecosystems, collaborating across cross-functional teams to deliver measurable impact and delightful user experiences.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Staff Product Designer at GitLab
February 1, 2025 - Present
Lead end-to-end design across the software development lifecycle, focusing on source code, code review, and editing tools supporting over a million monthly users. Introduced AI-driven features to explain code, automate code reviews, and optimize agentic workflows. Shaped product strategy by prioritizing features with maximum user impact. Streamlined the code review flow by designing a merge request homepage, achieving a 30% perceived efficiency gain. Redesigned navigation and settings management based on extensive user testing, enabling core architectural improvements for Source Code Rules. Developed migration workflows enabling admins to handle project selection during large-scale enterprise transitions, unlocking multi-million-dollar deals. Collaborated with engineers to add a new rich-text editor to complement the legacy markdown editor, increasing adoption of enhanced media editing. Contributed to Web IDE migration to VS Code. Introduced explicit states for file diffs and configura
UX and Design Lead at Kounta (acquired by Lightspeed)
September 1, 2017 - March 1, 2020
Managed and coached a team of 4 product designers and 2 front-end engineers. Established frameworks for product discovery and user research for 4 product teams. Directed the design system strategy used by 20 developers across 4 core products, ensuring alignment between Figma and React. Aligned brand with product branding, implemented dark mode, and launched a net-new inventory ordering product. Built an analytics framework tying marketing campaigns to user behavior.
Staff UX Designer at Pivotal Labs
May 1, 2016 - September 1, 2017
Managed and coached a team of 4 product designers and 2 front-end engineers. Established design discovery and user research frameworks for multiple product teams. Directed the design system strategy used by 20 developers across 4 core products, ensuring documentation alignment between Figma and React. Aligned brand with product branding, including dark mode implementations and a successful net-new inventory ordering product.
Senior UX Designer at Telegraph Media Group
December 1, 2014 - May 1, 2016
Designer on Telegraph.co.uk redesign, directly owning Fashion, News, Business, and Life/Style verticals. Conducted iterative A/B testing that directly resulted in a 24% increase in page views per session. Managed a cross-functional team of two designers, content writers, and developers to deploy the commercial finance services portal.
UX Designer at Tobias & Tobias
June 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014
Redesigned the Liontrust website, transforming information architecture, navigation systems, and interaction design.
Team Lead Software Consultant at Infusion Development
September 1, 2006 - May 1, 2014
Led small, highly technical teams to architect and build global financial services applications for tier-1 institutions including HSBC, Credit Suisse, and Barclays Capital. Defined UX frameworks and UI style guides for distributed development teams while implementing high-performance client-side architectures. Built apps on the Microsoft Surface display for the Royal Chelsea Flower Show.

Education

Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering (Option in Management Sciences) at University of Waterloo
January 11, 2030 - June 3, 2026

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Financial Services, Other