Jd Welch is a Senior Product Designer based in Stockholm with 13 years of experience designing tools for complex, expert workflows. He currently leads UX for Spotify’s experimentation platform and a new metrics product, and contributes to Backstage, applying product-first thinking to developer-facing systems. Previously a Principal UX Architect at Puppet and a UX designer at Microsoft, he specializes in end-to-end, full-stack design—research, diagrams, prototypes, docs and hands-on interaction work—so his solutions bridge design, product and engineering. He has a longstanding habit of eschewing rigid discipline boundaries, embedding himself in teams to own outcomes rather than titles. Comfortable with both enterprise-scale systems and developer tooling, he focuses on making powerful software genuinely usable for smart people with complicated jobs. His background in art history and early front-end work gives him a visual-first sensibility that informs clear, practical interfaces.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Art History, BA, Art History at Purchase College, SUNY
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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