Leon EngLE

Leon Eng

Founding mentor

Senior Product Designer @ Ushur

Fremont, CA 6 yrs in design

About

I'm a product designer who ships. 7+ years in enterprise B2B SaaS, and for the last stretch I've been doing design through production code instead of mockups tossed over a wall. I came up the traditional Figma track; the AI wave changed how I work, and now I prototype in Figma and ship in code. My vibe is direct and practical: get your idea into a working thing as fast as possible, and show you how to actually use agentic workflows day to day, not as a novelty, as the way you should build.

How I can help

Prompt Workflows and AI - Treat prompts like a software development life cycle (SDLC). Use product requirement documents (PRDs) for problem understanding. Add engineering requirements for building and verification steps for proof. Account for edge cases to ensure production stability. Direct the model's output using human taste and judgment. Design Systems and Adoption - Master technical basics like tokens, components, and Storybook. Solve organizational hurdles rather than just technical ones. Fix real team pain points to drive organic adoption. Roll out new systems in parallel with legacy tools so teams choose when to migrate. Keep a branched Storybook as a playground to prep and ship work quickly. Communication and Leadership - Focus on executive communication by highlighting high-level decisions over deep processes. Prioritize human connections and relationships to make work approachable.Use stories and data when pushing back on tight deadlines or bad technical debt. Find scalable design paths forward instead of stopping progress with temporary fixes. The Future of Design: - Move away from the slow wireframe-and-handoff cycle that wastes software. Learn to ship real code instead of relying on isolated Figma files. Cultivate human taste as the ultimate scarcity now that building is easy.

Ask me about

Freelance to full-time
Layoffs
A failed launch
First or only designer
A reorg
Getting passed over
Stakeholder standoffs
Influence without authority
Imposter syndrome
Presenting to execs
Building a design system
First design hires
Craft to strategy
Growing into leadership
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Expertise

UX Designer
UX Researcher
Product Designer
Design Lead
Motion
Fintech
Healthcare
B2B SaaS
AI/ML
Design systems
Interviewing
AI workflows
AI tools
Agentic AI
Automotive & Mobility
Nonprofit & Social Impact
Developer Tools