Andrew Alexander
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Krakow, Poland
Toptal member since September 23, 2026
For the past 15 years, Andrew has built product and UX design solutions across fintech, industrial tech, and energy. His work centers on Figma, Next.js, and TypeScript. Andrew reduced task completion time by 35% and improved system adoption rates by 20% while at Metso Corp.
Portfolio
Experience
- Prototyping - 15 years
- User Validation - 15 years
- Jira - 12 years
- Figma - 9 years
- Cursor AI - 1 year
- TypeScript - 1 year
- PostgreSQL - 1 year
- Vercel - 1 year
Tools
- Jira
Work Experience
Lead UX/UI Designer & AI Engineer
Fabric Republic
- Delivered UX designs with AI engineering, focusing on multi-agent architectures, tool-calling workflows, Model Context Protocol integrations, prompt and system-prompt design, schema-validated extraction, and human-in-the-loop controls.
- Treated LLMs as components in a wider inference and orchestration layer to assist design flows and operations, ensuring clear interfaces, guardrails, failure handling, and scalable workflows.
- Shipped full-stack AI products including Next.js and TypeScript front ends, API-connected and locally hosted LLM pipelines, and operational frameworks for AI agentic design and technology teams.
- Developed Fabric Republic, a personal and community cultural platform with an integrated payment and booking system connecting international audiences with Poland's independent fashion, design, and artisan community.
- Built a Prop Home WhatsApp AI triage using Twilio inbound to Claude structured intake with tool-routed emergency classification, photo evidence capture, and CRM handoff.
- Prototyped Conspection AI-supported construction SaaS hardened to multitenant production with organization-scoped access, role-based dashboards, contractor workflows, auditable status states, and automated design framework.
Lead UX Designer
Metso Corp
- Drove UX strategy and design direction for industrial digital solutions serving over 15,000 end users across mining, aggregates, and process industries.
- Led a team of designers through the full UX lifecycle from discovery and research through interaction design, prototyping, and validation.
- Reduced average task completion time by approximately 35% across key operator workflows and improved system adoption rates by 20% within the first year of redesign.
- Contributed to a roughly 10% reduction in support tickets related to usability issues.
- Accelerated product release cycles through the introduction of a scalable design system and a standardized component library.
Lead UX Designer
Metrosoft Sp. z o.o.
- Led end-to-end UX design for Fundsphere, an asset management and compliance platform serving over 8,000 professionals across global investment managers, custodian banks, and financial institutions.
- Designed complex data-dense interfaces spanning fund administration, transfer agency, AML, KYC, and transaction monitoring workflows.
- Introduced structured weekly design sprints as a new operating cadence that reduced design-to-development handoff time by 45% and cut iteration cycles from 6 rounds to 2.
Lead Product Designer
Alexander Crest Ltd
- Led product and multi-disciplinary design teams across B2B and B2C client engagements, owning design quality, delivery standards, and DesignOps practice.
- Directed end-to-end design across discovery, research, interaction, and visual design, partnering with client stakeholders and engineering teams to ship measurable outcomes.
- Worked on sector coverage, including Shell Plc (energy) and Fishtail Inc (trade finance).
Certifications
GDPR Certified Practitioner
Knowledge Acadamy
Prince 2 Certified
Knowledge Academy
Agile Certified Practitioner
Knowledge Academy
Skills
Tools
Jira, Figma Component Library, Slack, Hotjar, Git, DeepSeek, Adobe
Platforms
Figma, Vercel, Webflow, Dovetail, WordPress, WooCommerce
Languages
TypeScript, HTML, PHP
Industry Expertise
Marketing, Music, Sports
Other
English, Prototyping, User Validation, Wireframing, Tailwind CSS, Cursor AI, Claude Code, User Experience (UX), Websites, Responsive Web Design (RWD), User Interface (UI), Web Design, Dashboard Design, Fintech Design, Rapid Prototyping, Product Design, AI-assisted UX, UI Design, Conversational UX, Design Systems, A/B Testing, Agile, Component Libraries, Conversational AI, Conversational Interfaces, UX Design, Usability, User Testing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Usability Testing, Brand Guidelines, Branding, SaaS Design, SaaS, PostgreSQL, Supabase, Model Context Protocol (MCP), Gaming, Esports, Gamification, Chatbots, Art, Next.js, Microsoft Teams, Azure DevOps, Storyboarding, Stripe, TheyDo, Sentry, PostHog, Twilio, Google Gemini, Grok, Mistral AI, OpenClaw, Ollama, Microsoft Copilot, Coworking, Agile Project Management - Foundation and Practitioner, Project Management, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Booking, Payments, Interface Design, AI Agents, User Research, Workshops
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