My life revolves around the internet. And I design (& sometimes build) things for it.

I'm at my best when solving unstructured problems by creating systems that solve them at scale. I've spent the last 9 years doing this within large design teams embedded in organizations, as part of smaller teams, or as a solo designer at startups.

At the moment, I'm a senior product designer at Stripe where I focus primarily on financial operations tools for global businesses.

There's a moment in a designer's career when the centre of gravity shifts. Early on, the work is vertical. You focus on a feature, a flow, a single screen. Success looks like shipping something self-contained and polished.

But eventually, you start seeing past individual pages. You notice the connective tissue. You realise the real work happens horizontally.

This kind of work asks a different question. Not "What is the solution?" but "What is the underlying system?" You design foundations, not outcomes. You build surfaces that can support things you have not imagined yet. It is slower, deeper, and more strategic.

And when it is done well, it becomes invisible. Users do not notice the coherence. They just move faster. They trust the product. They feel the craft without ever having to look for it.

This is where I am right now.