Ivan Volca — Designing products from idea to production code

Ivan Volca

I design products from idea to production code. I start with the story: what a product is for, how it speaks, and how the whole journey feels. Then I bring clarity to it and build it.

On 0→1 teams I bring both ideas and execution. I dig into the platforms I build on and systemize the design work so the team moves faster. Agentic workflows let me do that across whole platforms, well beyond my own team’s scope.

Lately I’ve been building in the consumer space: Doyouplay, a social tennis app, Relic Timer, a meditation timer for iOS, and Ramona, a voice-first AI meditation companion built with Shinzen Young. Relic’s first version took two days. I also design and build media tools at Netflix. Earlier, I was at BuzzFeed and VTS.

I do my best work with startups and small teams: embedded, running design sessions and working alongside engineers in code.

Projects

Doyouplay

Matchmaking for the modern athlete. Every park is a meeting ground about to happen. We connect the tennis players who haven’t met yet

Relic Timer

A simple, beautiful meditation timer for iOS

Ramona

Voice-first AI meditation companion, built on Shinzen Young’s 50 years of teaching. Product and GTM lead (nonprofit)

Roles

Netflix

Product Design Engineer

December 2024–Now

Building the next-gen media platform used by productions. Leading work that spans the platform beyond my own team, like migrating a 6-year-old product with thousands of users to a new design system in 3 days

Product Design Lead

May 2018–September 2022

Expanding global storytelling and creating tools used by industry professionals. Working with Dubbing and Globalization teams