Thomas Doganay
Thomas Doganay

AI Design Engineer

About me

I’m a Design Engineer experienced in building AI powered products end to end, from product design and frontend development to backend systems and AI agent orchestration.

I built an AI native search network for agents as the sole technical contributor. I’m passionate about designing intuitive experiences for the agentic AI era, where design and engineering come together to shape how people interact with intelligent systems.

I care about the moment an intelligent system becomes easy to trust: when the interface gives people enough clarity to keep moving, without making them feel replaced.

Selected Projects

Work Experience

AI native search and discovery network (“Google for AI agents”) providing structured access to live business data and knowledge through MCP. Startup participating in the EWOR program.

  • Translated the founder’s vision into a working platform, owning frontend, backend, dashboards, AI agent facing search/network features, and core product implementation.
  • Built MCP oriented infrastructure, background agents, reasoning tools, and orchestration workflows with Python and AWS; developed the application using Next.js, TypeScript, and Supabase.
  • Designed and implemented the product UI and an entirely custom Figma design system without a prebuilt component library; partnered with the founder on product decisions and created pitch decks.
  • Developed a custom Figma MCP workflow using existing free MCP tooling to make AI assisted design and engineering more flexible.

AI powered Meta Ads management platform where users can create campaigns and creatives, manage advertising workflows, and work through a conversational AI interface.

  • Redesigned the entire product experience in Figma and replaced the frontend, including the AI chat interface and campaign management flows.
  • Refactored inherited frontend code, fixed Python backend issues, and delivered major features including a configurable funnel builder with lightweight website builder capabilities.
  • Extended the existing Meta Ads AI agent: repaired and added tools, expanded their access to campaign data, improved chat driven actions, and implemented additional automations.
  • Took on broader ownership as the team changed, learned the Python backend to maintain and extend functionality, and designed product and client facing pitch decks.
  • Worked closely with the founder on product decisions, translating user needs and business goals into gamified features and engagement flows.
  • Designed gamification interactions implemented in the product to encourage participation and improve the overall user experience.
  • Created pitch presentations, product proposals, and supporting visuals to communicate ideas and align stakeholders.
  • Contributed to confidential UX research engagements for a Saudi Arabian organization and a major UK energy company, keeping client identities and deliverables private.
  • Participated in user research in Saudi Arabia and translated observations into UX recommendations and stakeholder presentations.
  • Wrote UX focused pitch copy and created proposal materials to explain research opportunities and support conversations with prospective clients.

Additional experience

  • Designed Rewarty’s restaurant owner dashboard and customer facing mobile experience, from early UX flows to high fidelity product design.
  • Led UX/UI for Notifierlab, a SaaS tool, and designed the Beam Education nonprofit website.
  • Built approximately 100 reusable Storybook components to standardize UI patterns and speed up new feature development.
  • Developed multi factor authentication interfaces and integrated frontend functionality with REST and GraphQL APIs using React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS.
  • Improved usability and reliability by resolving cross functional UI defects, refining layouts, and maintaining component test workflows with Cypress.
  • Collaborated with engineers on implementation consistency and reusable frontend architecture across product features.
  • Led weekly hands on React mentoring sessions for groups of approximately 10 students, supporting debugging, component design, and project implementation.

Skills

AI & backend: Python, MCP, Agent tools & reasoning workflows, Orchestration, Supabase, AWS, API integration

Frontend engineering: TypeScript, React, Next.js, Storybook, REST / GraphQL, Tailwind CSS, Cypress

Design & product: Figma, Custom design systems, Interaction design, UX research, Prototyping, Product strategy, Gamification, Pitch decks

Education & Certificates

  • University of Economics and Human Sciences, Warsaw · Bachelor’s Degree · GPA 4.12
  • SQL Programming · Certificate
  • Adobe Design · Certificate

Connect

Feel free to contact me at thomas.dgny@gmail.com