Wei Cai is a Senior User Experience Designer with 11 years of experience crafting functional, elegant products that delight users across web and SaaS platforms. Currently leading data management UX for AEC at Autodesk, she drove a cross-organizational Revit cloud access initiative that boosted customer-perceived value and influenced company-wide product discovery practices. Her background includes scaling a CollegeVine admissions platform to 550k accounts and improving retention through research-driven design, as well as contributing front-end improvements to the enterprise ESUI UI library. Wei blends deep HCI training (MS, University of Michigan) and intercultural communication insight with hands-on design systems work and front-end coding—believing code should serve humans, not just machines. She’s known for mentoring designers, evolving component libraries, and turning complex workflows into clear, usable experiences.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Human-Computer Interaction, 4.00, Master of Science, Human-Computer Interaction, 4.00 at University of Michigan
B.A, Chinese Linguistics and Literature, B.A, Chinese Linguistics and Literature at Peking University
M.S.Ed, Intercultural Communication, M.S.Ed, Intercultural Communication at University of Pennsylvania
English, Chinese, shanghai dialect, German, Japanese
Contributions:20 commits, 2 PRs, 4 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Wei primarily focused on improving the user interface and functionality of the `esui` library. They addressed issues related to the appearance and behavior of UI components, particularly `CheckBox` and `BoxGroup`. Their contributions involved modifying existing components, refactoring code, and integrating external resources like FontAwesome icons to enhance the visual presentation and usability of the UI library.
Contributions:81 commits, 76 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 6 months
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Wei Cai - Senior User Experience Designer at Autodesk