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Cloud platform for software robots
Robocorp built a cloud-based orchestration and monitoring platform that makes automation accessible to developers and businesses with open-source technologies.
- Role
- Senior Design Lead
- Timeframe
- 2020 – 2022
- Focus
- Developer platform · Automation · Process
Robotic Process Automation: software robots doing repetitive, rule-based computer work. Design lead for the cloud platform that orchestrates Python-based robots, at a startup with over $30M in funding.
- Role
- Senior Design Lead
- Timeframe
- 2020 – 2022
- Focus
- Developer platform · Automation · Process
Outcomes
- Fully redesigned UI powered by the Robocorp Design System
- New features shipped weekly with a remote-first team
- Design processes set up across multiple engineering teams
01Orchestrating the robots
Control Room
Robocorp Control Room was the cloud platform for overseeing and managing software robots built with Python.
Design lead working with engineers and product managers in a fast-paced startup environment, shipping new features weekly.
The fully redesigned interface runs on the Robocorp Design System, and the design process was established across multiple engineering teams.
02Beyond the product
Marketing for releases
The design team had diverse talent and supported each other across product and marketing work; the release visuals received positive coverage in the media and across the startup ecosystem.
Robocorp was remote-first before the pandemic, so processes were lean from the start — speed and efficiency were the company core, a natural fit for a product about automation and productivity.
What this role taught
A strong design culture can be built fast when releases ship weekly: establish the process, introduce it to every engineering team, and let the quality of development carry it.