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I began in engineering.
Learning how systems are built.
How they scale. How they hold.
Architecture before aesthetics.
But somewhere along the way,
I started asking different questions.
How does it work?
How does it feel?
That question changed everything.
Engineering✿Product Design
6+ years across two worlds
Enterprise
taught me scale. Process.
Collaboration across teams.
Startup
taught me speed. Ownership.
Decisions that mattered immediately.
MNC✿Startup
Structure✿Ownership
I've worked across fintech, telecom, education
designing products people rely on every day.
And I've always believed in one thing:
Outcomes over outputs.
40%
faster payments after redesigning a complex checkout
18%
fewer drop-offs in a simplified lending journey
62%
faster onboarding through clearer KYC flows
$2M+
in measurable product impact
Not just shipped. Improved.
I built design systems from scratch.
Simplified complex workflows.
Improved team productivity by 30%.
I didn't just design screens.
I shaped experiences.
And now, I'm evolving again.
Designing agentic workflows and AI-powered automation,
without ever compromising on craft.
What The Whey
Jar of Hearts
Ayura
StackPick
Tinkering daily with the tools shaping what's next,
where agents handle the logic, and every pixel still matters.
OpenClaw
n8n
Make
Cursor
Lovable
Replit
Automation sets the pace.
Design sets the soul.
Engineering taught me systems. Design taught me empathy. AI is teaching me orchestration.
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Karthika S
Product Designer
Engineer✿Designer✿AI-native
✿ Toronto
Let's build what's next.
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Product DesignerEngineerAI-native

Karthika S

Product designer with engineering roots — 6+ years crafting measurable outcomes across fintech, telecom, and education. Now building at the intersection of design and AI.

Open to AI-forward product teams · Design Engineering roles
View Case Studies → Download Resume ↓
Measurable outcomes

Impact Snapshot

40%
Faster Payments
18%
Drop-off Reduction
62%
Faster Onboarding
$2M+
Product Impact
30%
Team Productivity ↑
Career path

Experience

2026 – Present
✿ AI · Design Eng
Independent / AI Exploration
Product Designer & Design Engineer
Building AI-native products and agentic workflows — exploring the frontier where design craft meets intelligent automation.
  • Shipped 4 independent products — What The Whey, Jar of Hearts, Ayura, StackPick
  • Built agentic interfaces and AI workflow automation using n8n, Make, Cursor
  • Pioneered human-AI collaboration patterns and prototyping beyond handoffs
2023 – 2026
✿ Fintech
Fintech Startup
Product Designer
End-to-end product design for lending and payments. Owned outcomes from discovery through delivery with direct business impact.
  • Redesigned checkout flow → 40% faster payments
  • Reduced lending drop-offs by 18% through journey simplification
  • Improved KYC onboarding speed by 62% with clearer flow architecture
2020 – 2023
✿ Telecom · Enterprise
Enterprise MNC
UX Designer
Large-scale design systems and enterprise workflows across distributed teams and complex stakeholder environments.
  • Built design systems from scratch — adopted across multiple product lines
  • Simplified complex workflows → 30% team productivity improvement
  • Contributed to products generating $2M+ measurable impact
2016 – 2020
✿ Education
VIT Vellore
B.Tech — Engineering Foundation → Design Transition
Built the systems thinking and technical foundation that shaped everything after — where curiosity about how things work became curiosity about how things feel.
  • Developed foundational systems architecture understanding
  • Transitioned from engineering to design, driven by user empathy
  • Brought technical literacy — bridging dev and design from day one
Selected work

Case Studies

What The Whey case study preview
What The Whey
Health & WellnessProduct Design2024
An intelligent nutrition product helping users decode supplement labels and make informed choices — designed end-to-end from concept to shipped product.
Full product designAI-powered UXShipped independently
View →
Jar of Hearts case study preview
Jar of Hearts
Social / EmotionalProduct Design2024
An intimate digital experience for preserving and sharing heartfelt messages — designed with emotional intentionality and micro-interaction craft.
Emotional designMicro-interactionsEnd-to-end
View →
Ayura case study preview
Ayura
Health & AIAgentic Design2024
An AI-native wellness companion blending traditional knowledge with intelligent interfaces — exploring human-AI collaboration in health contexts.
Agentic interfaceAI workflow designPrototype → Product
View →
StackPick case study preview
StackPick
Developer ToolsProduct Design2024
A tool for developers and designers to compare and choose tech stacks — designed for speed, clarity, and informed decision-making.
Utility-first designData visualizationRapid shipping
View →
What I'm exploring

Experiments & AI Work

Beyond product work, I tinker daily with the tools shaping what's next — where agents handle the logic, and every pixel still matters.

Agentic Interfaces
Designing product surfaces where AI agents and humans co-create seamlessly.
Workflow Automation
Building automated pipelines with n8n, Make, and custom AI integrations.
Prototyping Beyond Handoffs
Using Cursor, Lovable, and Replit to ship design as working code.
Capabilities

Skills & Tools

Core Skills

Product Strategy UX Design Design Systems Interaction Design Fintech Flows Workflow Automation

AI + Systems Work

Agentic Interfaces AI Workflow Automation Human-AI Collaboration Prototyping Beyond Handoffs

Tools

Figma n8n Make Cursor Lovable Replit
The story

About

I began in engineering — learning how systems are built, how they scale, how they hold. But somewhere along the way, I started asking different questions. Not just how does it work? — but how does it feel?

That question changed everything. Six years across enterprise and startup environments taught me to balance scale with speed, structure with ownership. I've designed across fintech, telecom, and education — always with the same belief: outcomes over outputs.

Now, I'm evolving again — designing agentic workflows and AI-powered automation, where agents handle the logic and every pixel still matters. Engineering taught me systems. Design taught me empathy. AI is teaching me orchestration.

Get in touch

Resume & Contact

LocationToronto, Canada
Emailhello@karthikas.design
LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/karthikas
StatusAvailable for opportunities
Open to

AI-forward product teams · Design Engineering roles · Contract or full-time

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Automation sets the pace. Design sets the soul.
© 2026 Karthika S · Made with craft ✿