Priya Noel
Product design · San Francisco, CA
Most recently I was a staff designer at Meta, leading design for the tools 140+ infrastructure teams use to plan, distribute, and track their share of the company’s capacity. Before that, I designed at Oracle (the team formerly known as Opower) and Publicis Sapient. Over 13+ years, my work has spanned consumer apps to core infrastructure, with time spent in product management along the way.
Designing and building are one process for me: I think in systems, not just screens, and prototype in code. Some of my favorite work has been helping other designers grow, through mentorship, team critique, and hiring.
Currently exploring AI-native product design and hybrid builder roles.
How I work
Legibility
The hardest problems I’ve worked on weren’t about adding features. Whether it’s infrastructure capacity or AI capabilities, I design so people can see what’s happening and act with confidence.
Collaboration
I bring engineering and product partners in early, because the strongest products come from teams that advocate for good design together. At Meta, that earned design a standing seat in our tech lead syncs.
Accessibility
Redesigning a major utility’s website after accessibility failures shaped how I work. I design for different education levels, languages, and older hardware, starting with who the users are now and who they might become.
Sustainability
I believe in design that stands the test of time: foundations and systems built to last, not trends. Growing up in South Florida made climate change personal, and at Opower I got to use design for good.
Say hello
I’m originally from Miami 🌴 and, off the clock, I’m usually discovering new cuisines, trying to replicate the Cuban coffee from home, or formerly, pet sitting sweet dogs, now tiger parenting my puppy.