Evgenii ShmoishSenior UX Designer

I design the software that experts live in all day.

Ten years of software design, eight of them in enterprise software. For a problem solver by nature, UX was the inevitable extension of my personal interests. My love for software development took me further into UX engineering.

How expert knowledge becomes software experts trust.

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  1. 01CollectI start with a complex problem of any size and collect everything people know about it.
  2. 02SimplifyI reduce the complexity to a few simple ideas that everyone on the team can understand.
  3. 03ClusterI sort the ideas into groups. Related things stay together, and gaps become visible.
  4. 04VisualizeI give the groups a visual form that anyone can understand and work with.
  5. 05RepeatUsers or stakeholders test the result. Their feedback starts the next cycle and makes it simpler.

Visualizing software solutions is my specialty.

Over 10 years I added skills and tools, from paper sketches to React and agents.

  1. The screen as a wobbly pencil wireframe on paper: a list, a detail pane, a crossed image box and a button.
    Simple toolsPaper, Balsamiq and whiteboards with clients. My first usability tests ran on these.
  2. The same screen in marker on a whiteboard, with two sticky notes on it. One note asks a question.
    WorkshopsOpen talks became structured interviews and workshops. Better questions found the real problem sooner.
  3. The same screen as a clean high‑fidelity Figma frame with a frame name above it and pale fills.
    FigmaHigh‑fidelity prototypes in Figma. Users tested screens that looked like the product they would get.
  4. The same screen built in React in a browser: rows of real data, a chart in the detail pane, and a pointer on the one highlighted button.
    ReactReact, learned outside work. Users test tasks from their own workday on realistic data.
  5. The same screen being built by an agent: the list stands, the detail pane is a petrol dashed edge still open, and a prompt line with a cursor sits below.
    AgentsWith AI, I adopt new techniques day to day, and my skills grow faster than ever.

5 Figma plugins, used by 1,900+ designers.

I design and build them on my own, for problems from my daily design work. All 5 are published on the Figma Community. 3 of them serve design‑system work: type, variables and data grids.

Web Import Master

My solution to turn websites into Figma documents.

Web Import Master demo video

A Chrome extension captures the page in your own browser. The plugin rebuilds it in Figma.

The extension and the plugin work locally: no server, no sign‑up, no upload. The Figma listing shows network access: none. Pages behind a login work too.

4 smaller plugins, each for one task that kept coming up in my design work.

  • Text Styles Manager demo video
    Text Styles ManagerCreates a typography system and applies it to the whole document, variables included.
  • Data Grid Master demo video
    Data Grid MasterTurns a spreadsheet into a data grid built from your own components.
  • Mask Master demo video
    Mask MasterImage masking with adjustable threshold controls.
  • Image to Vector Master demo video
    Image to Vector MasterConverts raster images to editable vectors.

I learn each new technology by building something with it.

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  1. 4 years oldMy father built a customized Sinclair computer for me, which is a lively memory to this day.
  2. 8 years oldI got an MS‑DOS computer. I unpacked my games with long typed commands, a kind of scripting.
  3. 14 years oldI started to build my first software tools to make my video games more interesting ;)
  4. 18 years oldI explored the internet with joy and built small websites for friends.
  5. 24 years oldI studied communication design. My final project became my first startup.

Today: UX at work, and private projects in React, C#, Python, C++ and electronics.

Outside of work, I lift, cook and stay curious.

  • BodyHeavy weightlifting, and time outdoors in nature.
  • MindScience, philosophy and psychology. My favorite channels are Veritasium, Kurzgesagt and Be Smart.
  • HandsGood food and cooking. Woodcraft, drawing and painting.