Alena Nikolaeva

Senior Product Designer

Senior Product Designer with an engineering background—almost a decade in tech, moving between design, frontend engineering, and back to design. Today I ship in the codebase while owning research, UX, and high-fidelity product work.

I care most about developer tools and inclusive web: accessibility in IDEs, CLI, and the browser. Lately I'm also studying bioinformatics alongside designing accessible developer experiences.

What motivates me: empathy for users, accessibility, and teams obsessed with craft, curiosity, and technical excellence.

Selected work

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Seqera AI product UI — 1 of 5
Seqera AI product UI — 2 of 5
Seqera AI product UI — 3 of 5
Seqera AI product UI — 4 of 5
Seqera AI product UI — 5 of 5
Seqera AI: bioinformatics agent
Seqera AI: bioinformatics agent

Web chat, project workspace, and CLI for AI-assisted pipelines—design system, VS Code, and shipped frontend work.

GitHub Models product and marketing visuals — 1 of 4
GitHub Models product and marketing visuals — 2 of 4
GitHub Models product and marketing visuals — 3 of 4
GitHub Models product and marketing visuals — 4 of 4
GitHub Models
GitHub Models

Product design and engineering for GitHub’s models offering and related surfaces.

GitHub Copilot usage metrics dashboards — 1 of 5
GitHub Copilot usage metrics dashboards — 2 of 5
GitHub Copilot usage metrics dashboards — 3 of 5
GitHub Copilot usage metrics dashboards — 4 of 5
GitHub Copilot usage metrics dashboards — 5 of 5
GitHub Copilot usage metrics
GitHub Copilot usage metrics

Metrics and insights for how teams use Copilot—product design plus UI implementation.

GitHub Marketplace product UI — 1 of 7
GitHub Marketplace product UI — 2 of 7
GitHub Marketplace product UI — 3 of 7
GitHub Marketplace product UI — 4 of 7
GitHub Marketplace product UI — 5 of 7
GitHub Marketplace product UI — 6 of 7
GitHub Marketplace product UI — 7 of 7
GitHub Marketplace
GitHub Marketplace

Marketplace flows and experiences for discovering and managing tools on GitHub.

GitHub Copilot Business and Enterprise licensing UI — 1 of 7
GitHub Copilot Business and Enterprise licensing UI — 2 of 7
GitHub Copilot Business and Enterprise licensing UI — 3 of 7
GitHub Copilot Business and Enterprise licensing UI — 4 of 7
GitHub Copilot Business and Enterprise licensing UI — 5 of 7
GitHub Copilot Business and Enterprise licensing UI — 6 of 7
GitHub Copilot Business and Enterprise licensing UI — 7 of 7
GitHub Copilot licenses
GitHub Copilot licenses

Licensing, plans, and admin experiences for Copilot at scale—design and code.

GitHub Actions product and VS Code integration UI — 1 of 7
GitHub Actions product and VS Code integration UI — 2 of 7
GitHub Actions product and VS Code integration UI — 3 of 7
GitHub Actions product and VS Code integration UI — 4 of 7
GitHub Actions product and VS Code integration UI — 5 of 7
GitHub Actions product and VS Code integration UI — 6 of 7
GitHub Actions product and VS Code integration UI — 7 of 7
GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions

Actions-related product work spanning GitHub and VS Code contexts.

Deel Engage

Career management and review cycles—end-to-end product design for performance workflows.

Deel Engage development plans and growth UI — 1 of 6
Deel Engage development plans and growth UI — 2 of 6
Deel Engage development plans and growth UI — 3 of 6
Deel Engage development plans and growth UI — 4 of 6
Deel Engage development plans and growth UI — 5 of 6
Deel Engage development plans and growth UI — 6 of 6
Deel Engage: Development plans
Deel Engage: Development plans

Skills, growth paths, and planning flows that tie review insights to long-term development.

Xata brand and database UI — CSV import, errors, and table actions — 1 of 5
Xata brand and database UI — CSV import, errors, and table actions — 2 of 5
Xata brand and database UI — CSV import, errors, and table actions — 3 of 5
Xata brand and database UI — CSV import, errors, and table actions — 4 of 5
Xata brand and database UI — CSV import, errors, and table actions — 5 of 5
Xata: serverless database
Xata: serverless database

Serverless data product—product design, design system, and frontend implementation.

Typeform

Core product frontend, design-system collaboration, and accessibility work.

Amazon Business digital experience work — 1 of 4
Amazon Business digital experience work — 2 of 4
Amazon Business digital experience work — 3 of 4
Amazon Business digital experience work — 4 of 4
Amazon Business
Amazon Business

Frontend engineering for large-scale Amazon Business digital experiences.

Meliá, trivago, Roombox and related hospitality work — 1 of 4
Meliá, trivago, Roombox and related hospitality work — 2 of 4
Meliá, trivago, Roombox and related hospitality work — 3 of 4
Meliá, trivago, Roombox and related hospitality work — 4 of 4
Meliá, trivago, Roombox & related
Meliá, trivago, Roombox & related

Product design and frontend development across hospitality, travel, and Next Limit’s Roombox platform.

Work Experience

Education

  • Bachelor's in Computer Science and Engineering

    VIU — Universidad Internacional de Valencia

    2019–2024

  • Master's in UX/UI Design of Webs and Apps

    LABASAD — Barcelona School of Arts & Design

    2022–2023

  • Full-Stack Web Development Bootcamp (MERN)

    Wild Code School

    2018

  • Master's in Communication and Social Media

    Inesdi Digital Business School

    2017

Volunteering

Writing & speaking

Talks, podcasts, and interviews — links open in a new tab.

Connect

Feel free to contact me at inbox@alenanik.com