# Samiksha Kothari

> Senior Director, Design at DoorDash | ex-Meta, ex-Uber

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/samiksha

## Work Experience
### Senior Design Director, Head of Dasher & Financial Products @ DoorDash
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Leading design organizations spanning Dasher & Logistics, New Verticals, and Financial Products. I also direct the AI Design Studio, shaping the future of how we work through AI-powered product experiences and workflow.

### Product Design Leadership @Reality Labs @ Meta
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led the organization and the team of managers and makers who craft products that accelerate us towards the future of work. We are responsible for building products that ensures physical distance does not limit your potential to do your best work, which includes the platform foundation, core apps and services across devices - VR, web, mobile and Portal.

### Head of Design, Uber App @ Uber
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco
Led Uber’s rider experience team that was responsible for Uber’s core ride-sharing business and advancing transportation around the world—democratizing access to simpler, more economical modes for everyone.

### Senior Design Manager @ Uber
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco
Grew and supported a world class team to build our core frameworks for Launch, Request, Location and Trip Experiences. Before this, I led the teams that bootstrapped and scaled Uber's business in India, Southeast Asia and Latin America.

### Lead Experience Designer @ Yahoo
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 | Sunnyvale, California, United States
Responsible for user experience strategy for Yahoo’s core search products.


## Education
### M.Des in Interaction Design
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

### BFA in Applied Arts
Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Arts


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/samikshakothari
- Portfolio: http://samiksha.io

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Last updated: 2026-03-25