I'm Ryan (Yu Chang), a product designer at PayPay, where I work on payments and financial services for 65M+ users across Japan.


Before PayPay, I designed marketplace experiences at Carousell in Taipei, building features for buying and selling second-hand goods across Southeast Asia. That's where I learned to ship fast in ambiguity, unclear requirements, cross-cultural users, and a product moving faster than the org chart.


Fintech slowed me down in the best way. At PayPay, every screen touches real money, real regulations, and real anxiety. I've learned to treat constraints, compliance reviews, legacy systems, competing business goals, not as blockers, but as the most interesting part of the design problem.


What I care about: making complexity invisible. The best payment experience is one you don't remember because it just worked.

Work Experience

Nov 2023 – Present

PayPay
(Tokyo)

PayPay
(Tokyo)

Senior Product Designer

Senior Product Designer

July 2022 - Oct 2023

Carousell
(Taipei)

Carousell
(Taipei)

Product Designer

Product Designer

Summer 2021

Garmin
(Taipei)

Garmin
(Taipei)

UX Designer Intern

UX Designer Intern

Feb 2021 - Jul 2021

BenQ
(Taipei)

BenQ
(Taipei)

UX Designer Intern

UX Designer Intern

Others

2024 - Present

Teach foundational product design, user research, and Figma to 20,000+ students.

Teach foundational product design, user research, and Figma to 20,000+ students.

2023-Present

Helping 6+ mentees on career development and design challenges.

Helping 6+ mentees on career development and design challenges.

2022

Podcast Guest

Podcast Guest

Shared insights and lessons learned from my journey in UI/UX design

Shared insights and lessons learned from my journey in UI/UX design

Beyond Work

I enjoy outdoor activities, such as free diving!

I enjoy outdoor activities, such as free diving!

I enjoy traveling and exploring new places. This picture was taken in Hakone, where the shrine sits on the lake. It was very calm.

I enjoy traveling and exploring new places. This picture was taken in Hakone, where the shrine sits on the lake. It was very calm.

I also volunteered in the local LGBTQ+ community.

I also volunteered in the local LGBTQ+ community.

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