Syed Ali

I design products, then I build them. Currently building the AI-first Islamic bank at Mal.

For the past 8 years, I’ve designed fintech and mobility products at scale, including work at Revolut and experiences used by 70M+ people.

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Experience

MalAI-first Islamic bankDec 25-Now

Product Designer

Leading the core banking squad, after earlier work across AI, PFM and credit. Also design system governance, and rapid prototyping in Claude Code to validate direction with internal and external testers early.

RevolutFinancial crime prevention at scaleApr-Oct 25

Product Designer

Designed 16 FinCrime flows across scams, fraud, AML and sanctions for the Retail and Business apps, work presented to the CEO, plus the internal CDD tooling compliance teams use to investigate cases.

Majid Al FuttaimSHARE Rewards: wallet, cards and loyalty22-24

Senior Product Designer

Led product design for SHARE Rewards through hypergrowth, to 1.4 billion points redeemed and $38.5M revenue. Shipped the digital wallet, digital and physical gift cards, Tabby BNPL, and the FAB SHARE credit card application.

SadaPayPakistan’s fastest-growing mobile bank21-22

Product Designer

Owned end-to-end design for core features, including the Biometric Verification System that cleared a compliance bottleneck blocking growth, plus Request Money, mobile top-ups and bill payments.

CareemCareem Plus and Careem Food, via VentureDive21

UX Designer

Embedded with Careem’s core design team on two growth areas, Careem Plus subscriptions and Careem Food, for 48 million users across 13 countries. Built reusable component libraries adopted platform-wide.

Work

  1. The Revolut wordmark on a purple and blue gradient

    Financial crime prevention at Revolut

    Apr - Oct 2025

    Designed 16 financial crime processes across scams, fraud, AML, sanctions and screening for the Retail and Business apps, plus the internal case-review tooling compliance teams work in. Presented to the CEO.

  2. The SadaPay logo on a coral background

    Biometric verification at SadaPay

    4 weeks · 2022

    Designed an in-app biometric verification journey that helped customers securely increase their wallet limit from PKR 50,000 to PKR 200,000, removing a compliance bottleneck that was blocking growth.

  3. Careem brand mark in bright green on a deep green background

    Careem Plus

    Jan 2021 - Oct 2021

    Built Careem Plus from scratch across rides, food, shops and bikes. The experience reached 73% second-month paid retention; when acquisition plateaued at 2.8%, I helped extend the membership to offline partners.