Hendrik Pulst

Product designer with a development background. User research, interaction design, and design systems in e-commerce and B2B. Currently at ePages in Hamburg. Email Instagram GitHub LinkedIn

Experience

ePages — UX DesignerApr 2025 – Present

Platform redesign, new features, AI integration. Research through prototype.
yucon digital — Design EngineerOct 2021 – Mar 2025

Apps end to end, including a travel app for 1.2M+ guests.
IAP — Software DeveloperMay 2017 – Sep 2021

Enterprise software. Grew into frontend and interaction ownership.
Progress — Support EngineerApr 2016 – Apr 2017

Technical support on enterprise software.

Education

2024

Google UX Design Certificate
2024

UX/UI Design with Figma Certificate
2020

App Development, Flutter & Dart
2017

Developer Academy Rotterdam
2016

BSc Industrial Engineering — TU Berlin
2016

Additional CS coursework — FernUni Hagen

Software Engineering, Data Structures & Algorithms, Database Architecture

Skills

Practice
Discovery, user interviews, usability testing, concept exploration, code-based prototyping
Design
UX, UI, interaction design, design systems
Tools
Figma, Maze, Dovetail, Cursor, Storybook, VS Code, Rive, Webflow, Framer, Git
Code
HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, Flutter/Dart, Java, ABL

# Hendrik Pulst

## Summary

- Product designer based in Hamburg with a development background.
- Currently a UX Designer at ePages, working on platform redesign, new features, AI integration, and research through prototyping.
- Background across software development, interaction design, design systems, and code-based prototyping in e-commerce and B2B.

## Experience

### UX Designer — ePages

Apr 2025 – Present
Platform redesign, new features, AI integration. Research through prototype.

### Design Engineer — yucon digital

Oct 2021 – Mar 2025
Apps end to end, including a travel app for 1.2M+ guests.

### Software Developer — IAP

May 2017 – Sep 2021
Enterprise software. Grew into frontend and interaction ownership.

### Support Engineer — Progress

Apr 2016 – Apr 2017
Technical support on enterprise software.


## Background

- Studied Industrial Engineering at TU Berlin and complemented it with computer science coursework at FernUni Hagen.
- Started in support engineering and software development before moving into UX and product design.
- Works close to implementation, combining research, interaction design, UI design, systems thinking, and frontend collaboration.

## Selected Work

- [Designing a Travel App for 1.2M Guests](https://hendrikpulst.com/tourist_app) — A travel companion concept focused on clarity, planning, and a more coherent guest experience.
- [Making Cycle Tracking Accessible](https://hendrikpulst.com/moonpoints_app) — A visual-first case study simplifying cycle tracking with confidence-building interactions.
- [Creating a Reviews App for Workplaces](https://hendrikpulst.com/perceptive_app) — A mobile product for turning daily check-ins into readable trends for employees and teams.
- [Riders' App Redesign](https://hendrikpulst.com/courier_app) — A courier workflow redesign centered on shift selection, route visibility, and day-to-day rider efficiency.
- [Running Club App Design](https://hendrikpulst.com/kraft_app) — A community-centered concept for organizing running routines, motivation, and group activity.

## Experiments

- [Sketching App](https://hendrikpulst.com/sketching_app) — An interactive drawing experiment exploring tools, motion, and playful creative workflows.
- Rive Animation Example — A small motion study focused on animation craft and expressive interaction.

## Education

- 2024 Google UX Design Certificate
- 2024 UX/UI Design with Figma Certificate
- 2020 App Development, Flutter & Dart
- 2017 Developer Academy Rotterdam
- 2016 BSc Industrial Engineering — TU Berlin
- 2016 Additional CS coursework — FernUni Hagen
  Software Engineering, Data Structures & Algorithms, Database Architecture

## Skills

- User research, UX design, UI design, interaction design, and design systems.
- Discovery work including interviews, usability testing, concept exploration, and code-based prototyping.
- Design-to-development collaboration shaped by a background in software engineering and frontend implementation.

## Tools

- Figma
- Maze
- Dovetail
- Cursor
- Storybook
- VS Code
- Rive
- Webflow
- Framer
- Git

## Prototyping / Programming

- HTML/CSS
- JavaScript
- Node.js
- Flutter/Dart
- Java
- ABL

## Contact

- Portfolio: https://hendrikpulst.com
- Email: mailto:hi@hendrikpulst.com
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/hendrikpulst
- GitHub: https://github.com/hpulst
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hendrikpulst/