Ruchit Shah
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Ruchit Shah

Product Designer in San Francisco, CA

Looking for a full-time opportunity. If you like my work, let's chat!

4 months ago

Work Experience

2024 — Now
Palo Alto, CA
  • Leading all things design for the wallet experience, policies, transfers, and withdrawals teams with cross-functional teams of 40 engineers and 3 managers

  • Launched a new B2C exchange platform for an existing B2B company with 500K new users bringing $12 billion in assets, enabling them to store, invest, and trade assets through BitGo’s new retail experience

  • Building an approvals app with new design paradigms to approve bulk requests reducing wait times by 80% for institutional clients like a16z, and Bitstamp with features like risk scores, duress codes, and policy templates

2024 — Now
San Francisco, CA
  • Led concierge experiments, research, and user interviews with 5 subject matter experts to learn about their motivations and bring their niche, rich knowledge available on Wikipedia

  • Developed a solution combining 3 underutilized Wikipedia tools to boost reader engagement in contributing knowledge through interactive games, while simultaneously training the system to create new knowledge.

  • Collaborated with PMs, engineers, and designers on XFN teams to unify 2 projects that contribute to niche topics on Wikipedia platform

2023 — 2023
Remote
  • Promoted to lead cross-functional teams to launch Coinbase Wallet in India, solving complex technical issues related to customer acquisition problems through deep research, which resulted in acquiring 1M+ verified users

  • Shipped end-to-end designs for Solution Partner Network for a $5 billion company, launching 4 new features to improve discoverability for infrastructure partners, resulting in a 20% increase in partnerships and reduced launch time

  • Facilitated 10 critique sessions to evaluate findability, navigability, and usability, ensuring refined design strategies and last-mile product delivery using FigJam and InVision for effective collaboration

2022 — 2023
Remote
  • Designed and scaled a Design System with 5,500 design components to improve turn-around time and deliver cohesive designs, achieved 10K+ downloads on the Figma, and conducted 50+ hours of UX audits

  • Led 4 partnership projects with companies Nothing, Walmart, Team Liquid, and Flipkart to solve user retention problems

  • Collaborated with 2 design interns to launch a mobile app shopping experience, with a delightful user interface for Android and iOS devices attracting 488K+ unique users for Flipkart, attracting new partnerships globally

2021 — 2021
Bangalore, India
  • Designed logo, brand guide, and high-fidelity designs for Nume, securing $2M in funds from Sequoia Capital India

  • Executed 0-1 journeys with 5 product design companies, FireDrops, Nume, and Intrality, and raised funds to scale and launch

  • Conceptualized Tellless – AI Pitch Deck App, and app designs for Future of Wallets using user-centered design

2020 — 2021
  • Shipped 5 product features, and designed brand guides, wireframes, game assets, and component systems for level design

  • Spearheaded user research, usability testing, and contextual interviews with a team of 4 interns to build new product journeys

  • Promoted to new responsibilities, including managing and mentoring 3 design interns

Education

2023 — 2024
San Francisco, California

Coursework: Design Research, Design Strategy, Form and Foundation, Product Design, Service Design, System Thinking, User Experience, User Interface

Awards

2021
Winner from NES Innovation Awards

Contact

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