Summary
Ian Donahue is a Senior Product Designer and former startup cofounder with 11 years of experience crafting user-centered products, design systems, and front-end interfaces. He blends hands-on UI development (HTML/CSS/JS/React) with strategic product design, having built and exited a company product that informed later roles at UberMedia, Shopify, and Remote. At Remote he leads design systems and identity/access work while also shipping AI-driven features like chatbot/knowledge tools for time tracking and compliance. Ian has repeatedly translated complex B2B and consumer needs into scalable design systems that improve developer experience and reduce production time. He mentors teams, runs user research and testing, and has a track record of shipping successful launches (e.g., Shopify Forms) and building MVPs he both designed and coded. Based in Berlin and fluent in iterative, cross-functional collaboration, he brings founder-level ownership to product design problems.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science Design, Bachelors of Science Design at University of Cincinnati
A1.1 - B2.2 German Language, A1.1 - B2.2 German Language at Kapitel Zwei Berlin
High School Diploma General Studies, High School Diploma General Studies at Archbishop Moeller High School
German, English