# Suleiman Ali Shakir

> Design systems @ Handshake | Lead Product Designer, Engineer, Systems Thinker & Mentor

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/suleiman

Hi there! As a designer and developer, I love solving complex problems by blending my design, product, and systems thinking expertise. Over 6+ years, my ability to clarify ambiguous challenges has been honed through a strong background in design and development, with degrees in UX and Computer Science.

I enjoy mentoring aspiring designers through ADPList, where I have been recognized as a top 1% design mentor. I have also published several articles on UX design topics on uxdesign.cc. I’m always eager to learn new skills, enhancing my craft to create impactful solutions. I love working with diverse teams to enhance experiences for customers, the business, and the teams I work with. When I'm not diving into design or code, you'll find me painting or trying to cook new cuisines. 

Thanks for stopping by my profile! Feel free to reach out if you're interested in discussing UX, design systems, or collaboration opportunities. I'm always excited to connect with fellow design enthusiasts and curious minds.

🖥️ website: iamsuleiman.com

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer II @ Handshake
Jan 2024 – Present

### UX Design & Design Systems Mentor @ adplist.org
Jan 2023 – Present
One small way I can give back. I book 2 mentees per week and have met 50+ people so far.
ADPList super mentor - Recognized as top 1% in design (May 2023).

### UX Designer, Design Systems @ Amazon
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | New York City Metropolitan Area

### Senior Product Designer @ BuzzFeed
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | New York City Metropolitan Area
Design lead for the BuzzFeed iOS & Android apps. Directed design initiatives focusing on product growth, user retention and engagement.

### Product Designer @ BuzzFeed
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Greater New York City Area
Lead design for revenue generating ad experiences, and a B2B ad management tool.

### Guest Instructor @ Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area
– Guest Instructor for the UX Design Practicum Course
– Guiding graduate students on a service design project for NTT Data
– Facilitating weekly classes, providing feedback for students on client communication, design, documentation & deliverables

### Interaction Design Intern @ Siemens Healthineers
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area
– Collaborated with designers, engineers & stakeholders across multiple healthcare projects
– Performed competitive analysis and designed information architecture to ship a complex help system for an analytics web dashboard
– Responsible to create, ship and maintain a component-based design system for enterprise web products
– Promoted best design practices for layout, typography and accessibility that was adopted across teams
– Worked closely with PMs and lead efforts to storyboard, design & deliver an interactive planning tool prototype focused on motion design & micro-interactions

### Business Intern @ Rutgers Professional Science Master's Program
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area
– Maintained communications with students & external organizations
– Identified key metrics and actionable insights from analyzing student datasets
– Suggested various usability & design improvements for department website

### Android Developer @ Techzone (Eros International)
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
– Helped develop and launch a video-on-demand app in an Agile team
– Responsible for design and implementation of an adaptive UI for mobile & tablet
– Took ownership of key modules such as Pagination, Resume Video Playback, performance optimizations and analytic tracking
– Optimized app by reducing network usage, memory consumption & successfully reduced APK size by 50%
- Lead hiring initiatives - conducted 20+ phone and in-person candidate interviews

### Freelance Designer and Developer @ Self Employed
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | Chennai Area, India
– Worked as a freelance Designer & Developer for various industries such as schools, universities, hospitality and other organizations
– Worked closely with clients to envision projects from ideation and all the way to implementation
– Undertook projects that involved graphic design (print & web), mobile app UX design and development

### iOS Design & Developer Intern @ http://grocerytohome.com
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Chennai Area, India
- Designed a social networking, recipe-sharing app for Apple iOS (iPhone)
- Written in Swift with Parse backend & Facebook Social Sign-in

### Android Developer Intern @ Kaavian Systems
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Chennai Area, India
- Developed a real-time photo gallery Android app
- Includes live sync via Flickr API
- Implemented image caching with UIL (Universal Image Loader) and parallel downloads


## Education
### Masters in Business & Science in User Experience Design
Rutgers University

### Bachelor of Technology - BTech in Computer Science
BSA Crescent Institute of Science and Technology

### High School in Computer Science
Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Sr. Sec. School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/suleiman-shakir
- Website: https://iamsuleiman.com

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Last updated: 2026-02-23