Principal-track Product Designer · Jakarta, Indonesia

I design operating systems,
not interfaces.

I build the systems behind consumer products — the AI that audits 200+ caregivers' daily reports, the compensation logic that decides how they get paid, the identity architecture that lets one account flow from hiring through training to operations. The interface is the thinnest possible wrapper around the system. The system is the work.

About

Hi, I'm Aqis.

My name is Amalia Nurul Balqis — most people call me Aqis. I'm an Indonesian product designer who works on the operating systems behind consumer products: compensation, identity, audit, capacity, growth.

I've been doing AI-augmented systems work since 2022, when I shipped Sirka's photo-based meal recognition product. The pattern that emerged there — designing AI as a human force-multiplier rather than a replacement — has been the through-line of my work since.

Currently leading product+design at MainStory (operated as KinderCastle), Indonesia's premium childcare platform. Six shipped systems across operations, workforce, growth, orchestration, and identity. Previously Product Lead at Sirka, with prior design and research roles at Alodokter, Smartfren, BukuWarung, and Nusantara Beta Studio.

I believe trust is built in transparent breakdowns. I default to user-driven migrations over bulk cutovers. I treat exceptions as the design space, not the failure case. And I try to build systems that earn their autonomy rather than demanding it.

Experience

  • 2023 — NowProduct and Tech Lead · KinderCastle (MainStory)
  • 2023 — 2024Product Lead, Clinical Programs · Sirka
  • 2021 — 2023Senior Product Designer · Sirka
  • 2021Product Designer · Alodokter
  • 2020 — 2021Web UI/UX Designer · Smartfren
  • 2021Design Consultant · BukuWarung
  • 2020UX Researcher · BukuWarung
  • 2018 — 2020UI/UX Designer · Nusantara Beta Studio
  • 2017 — 2018UI/UX Engineer Intern · Indonesia Berbicara

Education

  • 2015 — 2019BSc Information Systems · UPN Veteran Jakarta
  • 20203-Month UX Fundamentals · Dunia Dalam Desain
  • 2019Demystifying UX · General Assembly Singapore

Awards

  • 2019Top 5, Identity Management · BCA Finhacks
  • 20181st Place, Mobile App Competition · Politeknik Negeri Semarang

Skills

UX ResearchInformation ArchitectureDesign SystemsUsability TestingProduct ManagementWireframes & WireflowsAI Product DesignService Design

Languages

  • NativeIndonesian
  • ProficientEnglish
Protected work

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Other Work

Earlier projects across healthcare, telco, fintech, and consumer.

A selection of work shipped before MainStory — including additional MainStory projects covered briefly. Available in deeper detail on request.

Sirka · 2024 · Product Lead

Habit Challenge Program Revamp

Rebuilt Sirka's structured diet program as a flexible "habit challenge" model with personalized phases. +6% L3+/7 user growth in the first two weeks.

MainStory · 2025 · Lead

CM Monitoring Log

QR-based CM check-in system replacing scattered manual visit logs. Foundation for incident traceability across centers.

MainStory · 2025 · Lead

Supply & Demand Automation

Capacity forecasting system replacing daily manual S&D sheets. Slot-level forecasting per nanny, per age group, per location, with overflow warnings.

MainStory · 2025 · Lead

Share as Frame

Branded social-share UGC frames for parent timeline posts. 13.3% of parents using the share feature within 30 days (target: 10%).

MainStory · 2025 · Lead

Finance Automation (Jurnal)

Automated finance expense pipeline integration. 77% of finance processing fully autopilot from day one of release.

MainStory · 2024 · Lead

Builder.io CMS Migration

Content production platform migration enabling 30–40% faster content production cycles. Steady-state at 80% of content via the new tool.

Smartfren · 2020 · Designer

Improving the User Spend Journey

Top-up + payment flow design for Indonesia's leading 4G LTE telco. Validated through interview + usability testing on the newly revamped web platform.

BukuWarung · 2020 · UXR

Onboarding Conversion Research

Identified user-driven prompts beat system-driven prompts for the "Allow Contacts" permission. Reframed the entire onboarding flow around user intent.

Alodokter · 2021 · Designer

Aloshop PSEF

Pharmacy product line for Indonesia's largest health platform. Design system contribution + iterative product design through interviews and card sorting.

NBS · 2019 · Designer

Nussa Website

Web profile design for Indonesia's beloved Islamic children's animation. Dual-audience design for kids and parents.

NBS · 2019 · Designer

Grosenia B2B Marketplace

Wholesale B2B platform for Indonesian small industries. Full app design plus illustration system.

Personal · 2020

Ecohero

Conceptual climate-action platform. End-to-end research, persona work, ideation, journey mapping, wireframes, and UI.

If you're hiring for someone who designs operating systems, I'd love to talk.