Patrick Dorfer is a product designer at Dynatrace with a passion for cutting through the noise and building what matters.
Before that, he worked across IoT and consultancy for clients like Electrolux and Audi, having started out as a chef before moving into tech.
Dynatrace
Senior Product Designer II
Apr 2026 - Present
Electrolux
Product Design Leadership
Aug 2021 - Mar 2026
Patrick D.
Product Design Consultant
Apr 2018 - Jul 2021
Bejond
UX Design Consultant
Jan 2019 - May 2020
Audi
Product Designer
Jan 2017 - Mar 2018
Styleflasher
Developer
Mar 2014 - Feb 2016
La Linea
Designer
Sep 2012 - Mar 2014
Fine-Dining
Chef
Jan 2009 - Aug 2012
Work
Household Automations
Simplified daily routines for millions through automation.
AI-Driven Robot Vacuum
Changing the way we clean, forever.
Pollen-Aware Design
Smart outside. Comfortable inside.
SHAPE System
One system. Multiple brands. Every platform.
Unified App
Consolidated 20+ apps into one ecosystem.
Writing
Sometimes you are the user
I joined the platform team at Dynatrace a month ago, after the last five years in consumer IoT. One of the first lessons has nothing to do with the technology.
Paddling out in the dark
Someone I follow posted about flying to Mexico, borrowing a 9.0, and paddling out before sunrise to catch the biggest wave of his life.
Stop generating what you can look up
Generation is the most visible thing LLMs do, so it's what gets reached for even for parts already solved by a database, an API, or plain code.
Had the pleasure to work with companies like
