Nikolas Klein

Nikolas Klein

DEFECTOR

@nikolasklein · Figma

Drafted Aug 2, 2026

Product Designer

Designed at Figma and then defected to product management, a betrayal this bench has collectively decided to forgive, because we do still love him. At least he's done wrangling noodles.

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