10 Stripe designers
Head of Product Design, Head of Design, Bridge, Senior Staff Product Designer and Staff Product Designer are among the titles these Stripe designers hold today. A reader can learn what design work at Stripe involves from people who have done it.
Professionals to explore
Kelly Burke
LinkedInExperience: Staff Product Designer · Stripe
Kelly Burke has been Staff Product Designer at Stripe since October 2023, based in the Greater Chicago Area. Kelly Burke was Staff Product Designer at Shopify in 2023, Staff Product Designer at Twitter from 2022 to 2023, Senior Product Designer at Twitter from 2020 to 2022 and Product Design Manager at Sprout Social, Inc. from 2019 to 2020.
Luke Clum
LinkedInExperience: Senior Staff Product Designer · Stripe
Luke Clum has been Senior Staff Product Designer at Stripe since May 2025, based in Seattle, Washington, and was Staff Product Designer at Stripe from 2019 to 2023. Luke Clum also worked in Design at Increase from 2023 to 2025 and was Product Design Lead at ChefSteps from 2015 to 2019.
Michie Cao
LinkedInExperience: Staff Product Designer · Stripe
Michie Cao has been Staff Product Designer at Stripe since March 2023, based in San Francisco, California, and was Senior Product Designer at Stripe from 2020 to 2023. Michie Cao was also Founding designer at Sisu from 2018 to 2020 and Product Designer at Twitter from 2015 to 2018.
Nicholas Swanson
LinkedInExperience: Head of Design, Bridge · Stripe
Nicholas Swanson has been Head of Design, Bridge at Stripe since August 2026 and also lists Staff Product Designer, Data & AI at Stripe since November 2023, based in Portland, Oregon. At Stripe, Nicholas Swanson was also Product Design Manager, Payments from 2021 to 2023 and Staff Product Designer, Payments from 2020 to 2021.
Phil Machalski
LinkedInExperience: Staff Product Designer · Stripe
Phil Machalski has held Staff Product Designer roles at Stripe since April 2023, based in Chicago, Illinois. Phil Machalski was Principle Product Designer Design Director at Protégé from 2022 to 2023, Product Design Manager at Uber Freight from 2020 to 2022 and Senior Product Designer at Uber Freight from 2019 to 2020.
Ryan Evan Davis
LinkedInExperience: Staff Product Designer · Stripe
Ryan Evan Davis has been Staff Product Designer at Stripe since September 2025, based in New York. Ryan Evan Davis was Human Interface Designer at Apple from 2024 to 2025, and at Mixpanel was Staff Product Designer from 2022 to 2024, Senior Product Designer from 2020 to 2022 and Product Designer from 2018 to 2020.
Ryan Spencer
LinkedInExperience: Staff Product Designer, Payment Intelligence · Stripe
Ryan Spencer has been Staff Product Designer, Payment Intelligence at Stripe since February 2025, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and was Staff Product Designer, Terminal at Stripe from 2022 to 2025. Ryan Spencer was also Design Manager, Uber Grocery & New Verticals at Uber from 2021 to 2022 and Design Director at YML from 2017 to 2020.
Vipul Thakur
LinkedInExperience: Staff Product Designer · Stripe
Vipul Thakur has been Staff Product Designer at Stripe since May 2021, based in South San Francisco, California. Vipul Thakur was UX Lead at Google from 2019 to 2021, Senior Interaction Designer at Google from 2017 to 2019 and Interaction Designer at YouTube from 2014 to 2017.
Will Coverdale
LinkedInExperience: Senior Staff Product Designer · Stripe
Will Coverdale has been Senior Staff Product Designer at Stripe since March 2026 and also lists Staff Product Designer at Stripe since December 2022, based in Brooklyn, New York. Will Coverdale was Senior Product Designer - Payments at Meta from 2019 to 2022 and Product Designer - Ads at Meta from 2017 to 2019.
Yuliya Gorlovetsky
LinkedInExperience: Head of Product Design · Stripe
Yuliya Gorlovetsky has been Head of Product Design at Stripe since March 2019, based in San Francisco, California. Yuliya Gorlovetsky was Head of Design at Mozilla from 2016 to 2019, Lead Designer at Big Tomorrow from 2014 to 2016 and Senior Designer at Interbrand from 2012 to 2014.
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