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About / Kinn

Designer by craft. Engineer by training.

I'm Aung Min Soe, but most people call me Kinn. I'm a Lead Product Designer in Bangkok with 8+ years of shaping fintech, SaaS and AI products across Southeast Asia.

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Aung Min SoeBangkok, GMT+7

I studied Computer Science, and it changed how I design. I don't stop at the mockup. I build the design system in code, set up Claude Code with Figma MCP, and ship screens engineers can use on day one. I'm happiest at 0→1, when a product is still a blank canvas.

Work with meRead my notes
8+
Years in product design
10
Brands worked with
10+
Side products built
2
Courses I teach

Experience

Most of my career has been spent as the designer who joins early and stays to scale the product.

NowKlink Enterprise SolutionsLead Product DesignerLeading UX for an AI-native omnichannel contact center, from its very first screen to V3.
BeforeKBZ, Better HR, Ooredoo, ATOM, YOMAProduct and UX designFintech, HR software, telecom and more for some of Myanmar's top companies.
Part-timeWCT PayProduct designerDesigned a web3 dashboard system.
AlwaysTeachingCourses and talksSharing code-first design systems with designers in the region through UXmm and my own courses.

What I believe

Four rules that show up in every product I touch.

  • Grayscale first

    Color only when it means something: action, status, AI.

  • Design lives in code

    If it isn't in the build, it isn't done.

  • One source of truth

    Tokens, components and rules shared by people and AI.

  • Start from zero

    The first screen becomes the foundation for every screen after it.

Things I build for fun

Side products help me test ideas fast, and most of them start from a problem I have myself.

  • English–Myanmar dictionary

    A learner dictionary built on open word data

  • Bilingual YouTube subtitles

    Browser extension with a theater-style transcript

  • Language learning player

    Real-time subtitles and saved vocabulary

  • Burmese subtitles for Stremio

    An addon with translation and caching

  • Thai shopping helper

    Proxy buying from Lazada and Shopee for Myanmar users

  • Burmese meeting recorder

    Speech to text in the browser

  • Daily planner

    A simple installable PWA

  • 24edu

    An AI education product, brand included

  • Portfolio slideshow

    A 56-page PDF turned into a web viewer

Off screen

The things that keep me curious when I'm not designing.

  • Gaming

    Mobile Legends and PC games with my GameSir controller.

  • Training

    Push, pull, legs. The gym is where I reset.

  • Sugar gliders

    Two tiny roommates who run the house at night.

  • Color grading

    Editing travel photos in Lightroom and building my own presets.