# Nicolas Backal

> Design at OpenAI

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nicolasbackal

Design at OpenAI

## Work Experience
### Member of Design Staff @ OpenAI
Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Member @ Center for Conscientious Leadership
Jan 2022 – Present
Active member of Center of Conscientious Leadership, a community of young professionals and national leaders, hungry to develop greater Purpose, Character, Courage, and Impact in their careers and lives.

### Design Mentor @ adplist.org
Jan 2020 – Present

### Director of Product Design @ Okta
Jan 2023 – Jan 2026 | San Francisco, California, United States
Shaping the next generation of digital identity at Okta by designing verifiable credentials for humans and AI.

### Principal Product Designer @ Okta
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Staff Product Designer @ Okta
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Product Designer @ Okta
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Design Advisor @ Emi Labs
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Head Of Design @ The Human Diagnosis Project
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Design Architect @ Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Architectural Assistant @ Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015

### Architect @ Estudio MMX
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015

### Product Designer @ Fotopaseos
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Mexico City Area, Mexico

### Product Designer @ Studentscene Inc.
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | San Diego, Ca


## Education
### Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) in Architecture
Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de México

### Urban Mobility Program in Design Course
California College of the Arts

### Exchange Program in Architecture
SCI-Arc


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nicolasbackal
- Portfolio: https://www.nicolasbackal.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13