Konstantin Orlov · Principal product designer · Design leader · Seattle

I turn product complexity into direction people rally behind.

Fifteen years building 0→1 systems and scaling them at eBay, Meta, and Twilio. I work where product strategy, systems design, and storytelling meet — and I now run my own business to keep my hands on the entire system with immediate consequences.

$2.3B

ads platform, built 0→1

18M

sellers served

16

designers led

5

U.S. patents

eBay · Meta · Twilio

Founder
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How I design

I start from outcomes, not features. I design the system before the screens, ground every decision in data and real constraints, and make the abstract concrete enough that leadership can act on it.

How I lead

I've built and grown design teams of up to 16 across multiple product tracks. I lead through shared ownership — everyone has a voice and knows what they own — and I align Sr. Director+ partners around one roadmap.

How I think about AI in product design
AI's value isn't automation — it's judgment.

Recognize, remember, interpret, decide: the loop behind every well-judged AI experience.

At scale, AI stops being a feature and becomes the operating layer. This makes the real design question: who benefits, when, and by how much.

I design beyond recommendations. I design arbitration.