Astro Yan

Astro Yan

Product Designer in Taiwan, He/Him

About

I’m Astro Yan, a strategic-thinking Product Designer with 3+ years of experience. I focus on designing B2B and open-source products for data infrastructure tools.

Work Experience

2022 — 2024
Taiwan

Canner specializes in developing data access and management software products.

  • Spearheaded the design of an enterprise-level product and ( Canner Enterprise ) two open-source projects ( VulcanSQL and WrenAI ), achieving over 600+ stars for VulcanSQL and 1400+ stars for WrenAI.

  • Collaborated closely with three front-end engineers to develop reusable UI components for both enterprise-level and open-source products, enhancing development efficiency and design consistency.

  • Worked closely with the CTO to research the modern data stack market, interviewing over 15 data engineers/analysts to analyze pain points and market trends. Proposed product design strategies that were implemented in both enterprise-level and open-source products.

  • Established a product knowledge database to facilitate team understanding of core product concepts, strategies, and market trends, providing an introduction for new team members.

  • Wrote and maintained product feature documentation, API documentation, and blog posts.

2019 — 2020
Taiwan

QNAP specializes in developing hardware and software products for network-attached devices.

  • Responsible for the design of four products, including photo management, note management, smart speakers, and file decryption. Planned and executed more than 10 usability tests, providing design optimization suggestions to product teams and senior executives.
2018 — 2018

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