# Tyson Kubota > Staff Product Designer at The New York Times Location: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tysonkubota Technologist, product designer, software engineer, game hobbyist—not always in that order! I love to build digital products and experiences. I think holistically about technology and contribute accordingly; my passions include everything from user experience and interaction design, to launching impactful product features, to defining a long-term vision (as well as shaping the strategy to get there). I also make videogames and write about film. More at tysonkubota.net/portfolio. ## Work Experience ### Staff Product Designer @ The New York Times Jan 2023 – Present ### Lead Product Designer @ The New York Times Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 ### Game Designer @ Independent game development Jan 2011 – Present I create original 3D games for iOS (Skydrift) and desktop (The Seed for Oculus Rift). ### Principal Software Engineer @ HealthVerity Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 Staff Software Engineer - July 2020-December 2021 ### Lead Software Engineer, Design and User Experience @ Curisium Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Manhattan Beach, CA • As part of a small, highly crossfunctional team of experienced technologists, built next-generation healthcare systems for smart contracting, with an emphasis on design, frontend, and user experience. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Aetion Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Los Angeles Area • Collaborated with product and science teams to develop innovative data visualizations for complex time-series information. • Overhauled and modernized a legacy deployment stack using Webpack, ES6, Docker, and related technologies. • Mentored junior teammates. ### Software Engineer @ FiftyThree Inc. Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area Built rich React applications and novel interface designs, including the collaborative products Paper / Mix (paper.fiftythree.com) and Paste (pasteapp.com). • Helped define product direction and strategy through rapid web prototypes and sketches. • Collaborated with backend engineers on implementing new API-driven features. • Added lightweight, testable clientside analytics reporting using Redux and middleware. • Mentored junior teammates. • Constructed best-in-class brand and marketing sites for Paper, the visual creation app (2012 Apple iPad App of the Year) and its web ecosystem. • Built actionable, robust internal dashboards and metrics visualizations in tandem with data science and marketing teams. • Designed and integrated a data warehouse-backed email system for driving user growth, engagement, and retention. ### Web Designer and Developer @ Freelance web development Jan 2006 – Jan 2016 Clients include Radius/TWC and Dartmouth College. ### Digital Development Manager @ The Criterion Collection Jan 2009 – Jan 2015 | Greater New York City Area As part of a small team, I set and executed Criterion.com's development roadmap from late 2008 to early 2015. Projects I led included: • Implementing continuous, iterative design and usability improvements. • Prototyping new web content experiences for attracting and growing the core Criterion audience online. • Building a coherent, customized web analytics suite for Criterion.com. • Development and design of My Criterion, a social layer where users can track their Blu-ray/DVD collections and create and share custom lists of films. • Overhauling Criterion.com’s ecommerce platform to optimize costs and user experience. • A dynamic sale landing page with real-time product inventory updates. • A rich product browser, with faceted filtering and Solr-powered search. • Video player and slideshow/photo gallery templates for Criterion.com. • Building an HTML5 video player fallback for mobile devices. • Expanding the Criterion brand presence to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and YouTube. ### Production Assistant @ The Criterion Collection Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 • Created and managed a file-based workflow for subtitling, transcoding and uploading feature films and metadata to online platforms including Netflix, Hulu, and iTunes. • Launched Criterion films on services like The Auteurs (Mubi.com) and Hulu. • Led video encoding and QA for Criterion.com’s ‘online cinematheque’ rental service. ### Director, Dartmouth Film Society @ Dartmouth College Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 Crafted original film programs with annual revenue over $200,000; wrote advertising copy, led weekly meetings, and planned and executed in-person tributes. ## Education ### BA in Film Studies Dartmouth College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tysonkubota - Portfolio: http://www.tysonkubota.net/portfolio --- Source: https://flows.cv/tysonkubota JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tysonkubota/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-31