Francesca Guadagnini

Principal Product Designer

No-code Developer

Freelancer

Brand Designer

Dog Lover

I turn technology into products humans can actually use.

I am a principal product designer with a degree in Computer Science and a very clean aesthetic. I have deep expertise in Data Visualisations and technical interfaces that involve big volumes of data. I am now focusing on ideating experimental new interfaces that go beyond traditional UIs and define new human-AI interaction models at Sysdig.

Experience

Sysdig

Product Design, Senior Manager (current position)

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Product Design, Manager

Sysdig Secure - Threat Intel, Detection & Response, Graphs, AI

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Senior Product Designer

Sysdig Monitor - Kubernetes Costs Management

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Product Designer

Sysdig Monitor - Kubernetes Observability, Metrics explorations & Dashboards

Sysdig

2021 – Currently

Moncler

UX Designer

2019 – 2021

Giorgio Armani

eCommerce UX Specialist

2017 - 2019

Bitmama

UX Designer

2014 – 2017

I have deep expertise in the following topics

Complex Enterprise SaaS

Advanced filtering, dense tables and configuration-heavy flows, built so a novice can get things done and an expert isn't slowed down. Deep domain knowledge in Kubernetes, observability, Cloud Security, Cloud Detection & Response.

Complex Enterprise SaaS

Advanced filtering, dense tables and configuration-heavy flows, built so a novice can get things done and an expert isn't slowed down. Deep domain knowledge in Kubernetes, observability, Cloud Security, Cloud Detection & Response.

Data Visualisation at Scale

Charts, time series and distributions over very large datasets, and deep expertise in graphs: traversal, layout, and query interfaces that scale well, and let users explore a network of hundreds of thousands of nodes without getting lost.

Data Visualisation at Scale

Charts, time series and distributions over very large datasets, and deep expertise in graphs: traversal, layout, and query interfaces that scale well, and let users explore a network of hundreds of thousands of nodes without getting lost.

AI & Non-Deterministic Interfaces

Designing for AI-driven products that don't behave like a classic backend: uncertain output, variable latency, trust loop. Designed Sysdig's first AI experience (2023) and first agentic experience (2025), setting the patterns the rest of the org now builds on.

AI & Non-Deterministic Interfaces

Designing for AI-driven products that don't behave like a classic backend: uncertain output, variable latency, trust loop. Designed Sysdig's first AI experience (2023) and first agentic experience (2025), setting the patterns the rest of the org now builds on.

Design System & Code

I co-own the Design System across design and implementation, working directly in the codebase and shipping production code.

Design System & Code

I co-own the Design System across design and implementation, working directly in the codebase and shipping production code.

Due to confidentiality, projects can be shared and discussed during portfolio reviews.

Education

Scuola Politecnica di Design, Milan

Master in Web and Multimedia Design

2013 – 2014

Graduated with top marks (70/70). The program focused on digital product design, user experience, interaction design, and designing human-centered digital services across web and emerging technologies.

University of Bologna, Italy

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

2006 – 2012

I built a strong foundation in algorithms, software engineering, databases, data structures, and information visualization. My thesis focused on graphs, exploring how visual representations can help people understand social network behaviors and evolving datasets. As a case study, I analyzed social network activity generated around the 2012 Emilia earthquake, studying how information and interactions spread during the event.

Stack

Figma

Design Tool

Figma

Design Tool

Claude Code

Design & Code

Claude Code

Design & Code

Pendo

Product Tracking

Pendo

Product Tracking

Slack

Collaboration

Slack

Collaboration

Framer

No-code Development

Framer

No-code Development

Miro

Workshops

Miro

Workshops

Find me around

ADP List

Mentor

2024 - onwards

PromCon NA

How to monitor your plants using Prometheus and Sysdig

2021

UX Planet

Tires monitoring – a User Experience design challenge

2018

A bit more personal

I live in the countryside near Bologna. I’m a quiet person who loves simple things: cats, gardening, snorkelling and photography. As a designer, my strength is generating ideas quickly. Give me context and I’ll come up with multiple paths forward. If you ask for an immediate opinion, I usually need a bit of time to think it through. I love crime books with a touch of irony, practise swimming despite being terrible at most sports, and fully rely on my eight hours of sleep. I adore Scandinavian design, all animals, and would open a shelter if I ever won the lottery.

I worked as photographer for a long time, now only a hobby, I mostly shoot film.

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