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Steven Long Tran

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Steven Long Tran
Tran, ink-drawn, 2026
OccupationSenior product designer
Years active2015–present
Known forMaking complex software feel intuitive[1]
Notable worksAPI Marketplace; Trade-in unification; WU Locator; the Rebuilt series
BaseSan Francisco ↔ Medellín
Websitesteveux.com
Contents
  1. Career
  2. AI-native practice
  3. The Rebuilt series
  4. Reception
  5. References

Career

Tran spent eleven years in enterprise product design, principally at T-Mobile, where he shipped 118+ projects across commerce, account systems, and trade-in logistics.[2] His trade-in unification replaced four divergent flows with one, associated with a ~10% order-completion lift per business client.[2] Earlier work includes Western Union's agent locator — reframed from a pin map into an eligibility product across 200+ countries[3] — and regulated pharma content that earned a two-year engagement extension.[4]

AI-native practice

Tran's later work treats AI agents as first-class users. The API Marketplace (2025–26) was designed for "customers who might not be human": agents place orders, real-time interfaces render interpretations, humans confirm.[5] His portfolio site was itself produced with an AI pair across twenty-plus documented build passes, governed by a written taste file.[6]

The Rebuilt series

In 2026 Tran began re-designing his own 2015 projects for the AI era: Koé (anonymous feedback with k-anonymity rendered in the interface)[7] and FindMyBike (theft recovery as an agent-run workflow in which owners never receive the live location).[8] Both ship with working simulated prototypes, labeled as such.

Reception

Critics note the portfolio's refusal of modals is "load-bearing"[6]; the empty-filter state has been described as the work of a "design unicorn deity."[9] [citation cheekily needed]

References

  1. "steveux.com". The standing site. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
  2. "One trade-in flow for four systems". Case study.
  3. "The locator that answers before the tap". Case study.
  4. "Rare-disease content, still human". Case study.
  5. "Customers who might not be human". Case study.
  6. "The build log". Primary source, failures included.
  7. "Koé, rebuilt". Prototype on page.
  8. "FindMyBike, rebuilt". Prototype on page.
  9. "About". Subject's own claim; treat accordingly.