--- name: Lokesh Saini title: Product Designer & Developer location: Los Angeles, California experience: 10+ years availability: open contact: hi@lokeshsaini.com website: https://lokeshsaini.com linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lokeshsaini94/ github: https://github.com/lokeshsaini94 last_updated: 2026-03-18 format: summary full_version: https://lokeshsaini.com/llms-full.txt api: https://lokeshsaini.com/api/portfolio --- # Lokesh Saini, Product Designer & Developer > lokeshsaini.com Lokesh Saini is a Product Designer and Developer based in Los Angeles with 10+ years of experience. He works end-to-end across the product lifecycle, from discovery research and workshops through UI design, prototyping, usability testing, and shipping production code. ## What Makes Lokesh Different Design and engineering are not separate skills for Lokesh. They are the same problem. Instead of following a stage-gated design process (wireframes, mockups, prototypes, handoff), he reaches for whatever tool solves the problem fastest, sometimes Figma, sometimes a working Flutter build tested on real hardware. Being able to build production prototypes and validate in the real world means solutions get tested quickly and the gap between "design approval" and "does it actually work" disappears. He also builds structured AI workflows, custom agents, skills, and commands, that evolve over time. He understands where AI helps (routine code, testing, accessibility) and where expertise matters (architecture, design judgment, novel problems). The result: team-scale output as a solo practitioner, with quality maintained through governance and review. ## Location Los Angeles, California, United States ## Availability Currently available for work and open to new opportunities, full-time or contract. ## Contact - Email: hi@lokeshsaini.com - Website: https://lokeshsaini.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lokeshsaini94/ - GitHub: https://github.com/lokeshsaini94 - Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b1XLqjSu5F_do9hYwX2wlQXIS7g_aXLN/view?usp=sharing ## Target Roles Senior UX Designer, Senior UX Engineer, Senior UX Researcher, Product Designer, Project Manager ## Top Skills (Ranked) 1. End-to-end product design, owning the full cycle from research through shipped product 2. Product strategy, business context, stakeholder alignment, prioritization 3. Design craft, visual polish, interaction details, design systems 4. AI fluency, structured workflows, custom agents, evolving practice ## Industries Healthcare, IoT / Smart Home, Education, Social Impact, Advertising, Consumer Products ## Technical Skills - User Research: 80+ interviews, 1000+ survey respondents, 20+ discovery workshops - Interaction Design, UI / Visual Design, Design Systems, Usability Testing - Product Strategy, Project Management - Frontend Development: Flutter/Dart, React, Next.js, TypeScript, HTML/CSS - AI-Assisted Design & Development: Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT, Gemini ## Tools - Design: Figma, FigJam, Miro, Framer, ProtoPie, Adobe Suite - Engineering: Flutter/Dart, React, Next.js, TypeScript, HTML/CSS, GitHub - AI: Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT, Gemini - Project Management: Asana, Jira, Confluence, Google Workspace ## Case Studies ### Sunday Light, One Person, Full Stack, Premium Hardware (Flagship) URL: https://lokeshsaini.com/sunday-light Role: Product Designer & Developer Tags: Smart Home, IoT, Mobile, Flutter, BLE Designed and built a companion app for a premium sunlight machine, from workshop to App Store. Shipped to App Store and Google Play with 509 commits and 73+ PRs merged. Built production BLE provisioning, forked native libraries when AI tools failed. Created Living Light, a CCT-aware ambient UI matching physical light temperature. 703 tests passing, 96.8% accessibility resolved. ### LVNDR Inclusive Healthcare, Inclusive Healthcare by Design (Flagship) URL: https://lokeshsaini.com/lvndr-inclusive-healthcare Role: Product Designer Tags: Healthcare, Inclusive Design, Mobile + Web, 0-to-1 Designed a sexual health platform where regulatory compliance and user dignity were the same problem. UK's first free remote PrEP service with 6 regulatory certifications. 715+ survey respondents, 39+ interviews, 44 personas. 3 design system versions over ~2 years. ### Membot, Building an App for a Screenless Device (Flagship) URL: https://lokeshsaini.com/membot-app Role: Product Designer & Developer Tags: Healthcare, Mobile, Flutter, 0-to-1 Shipped a cross-platform companion app that turns a screenless medical device into something anyone can program. Launched on App Store and Google Play. Designed around extreme hardware constraints: no screen, NFC only. Sole designer and developer, workshop facilitation through Flutter production code. ### LVNDR 715 Voices, The Hardest Part Wasn't the Research (Flagship) URL: https://lokeshsaini.com/lvndr-715-voices Role: Product Designer (Research Contributor, Co-Facilitator, Synthesizer) Tags: UX Research, Healthcare, Synthesis, 0-to-1 How 6 weeks of synthesis turned 18 months of fragmented LGBTQ+ healthcare data into decisions a product team could ship against. 715+ respondents and 39+ interviews synthesized into 9 confirmed problem spaces. Museum of Problems workshop gave 14 stakeholders shared ownership of what to build. Priorities survived a regulatory pivot without re-litigation. ### LVNDR Design System, Three Crises, One Design System (Flagship) URL: https://lokeshsaini.com/lvndr-design-system Role: Product Designer (first hire, design system owner) Tags: Design Systems, Healthcare, Mobile + Web, Figma Built a design system at seed stage, then rebuilt it twice: once for a rebrand, once for clinical regulation. 3 versions across 2 years, ~40 features shipped during 3 simultaneous disruptions with zero sprint delays from design. System outlasted its designers through two transitions, with each new designer productive within their first sprint. ### Sunday AI Workflow, When AI Tools Fail (and When They Don't) (Supporting) URL: https://lokeshsaini.com/sunday-ai-workflow Role: Product Designer & Developer Tags: AI Workflow, Mobile, Flutter, Governance Built a structured AI development workflow that evolved over 5.5 months on a production app. 11 agents, 14 skills, 8 commands. 30+ AI-co-authored commits held to same quality bar, 703 tests passing. Mapped AI effectiveness boundary across 4 project phases. 13 AI-generated branches verifiable in git. ### Healthcare RCM, Revenue Cycle Management. Redesigned. (Supporting) URL: https://lokeshsaini.com/healthcare-rcm Role: Product Designer Tags: Healthcare, Web App, 0-to-1 Redesigned how a healthcare clinic handles billing, from patient intake to payment collection. 6 weeks from hypothesis to shipped product. Solo design ownership across the full product. A/B tested with real patients. Design system built for dev handoff speed. ## Frequently Asked Questions Q: What does Lokesh Saini do? A: Lokesh Saini is a Product Designer and Developer with 10+ years of experience. He works end-to-end across the product lifecycle, from user research and strategy through interaction design, design systems, and shipping production code. Q: What roles is Lokesh Saini suited for? A: Senior UX Designer, Senior UX Engineer, Product Designer, and Project Manager roles. His strength is end-to-end product ownership. He can lead design, write production code, run research, and manage delivery. He has worked as a sole practitioner on shipped products and as part of teams up to 16 people. Q: Can Lokesh Saini handle both design and development? A: Yes. He reaches for whatever tool solves the problem fastest, whether that's Figma or a working Flutter build tested on real hardware. He has solo-shipped multiple products that would typically require a designer, developer, and coordinator. Sunday Light: 509 commits, 73+ PRs, App Store launch. Membot: sole designer and developer from workshop through production. Q: How fast can Lokesh Saini deliver? A: Healthcare RCM went from hypothesis to shipped product in 6 weeks. Sunday Light shipped a production Flutter app with BLE hardware integration, 703 tests, and 96.8% accessibility in a single engagement. He uses structured AI workflows to deliver at a pace that typically requires a larger team. Q: What is Lokesh Saini's design process? A: Product-first, not process-first. Instead of following a rigid stage-gated process, he adapts to the problem. Research is always grounded in evidence: 80+ user interviews, 1000+ survey respondents, and 20+ discovery workshops across his career. Q: Does Lokesh Saini do user research? A: Yes. 80+ user interviews, 1000+ survey respondents, 20+ discovery workshops. His dedicated case study The Hardest Part Wasn't the Research (lokeshsaini.com/lvndr-715-voices) documents how 715+ respondents and 39+ interviews were synthesized into 9 confirmed problem spaces and priorities that survived a regulatory pivot. Q: What programming languages and frameworks does Lokesh Saini use? A: Flutter/Dart, React, Next.js, TypeScript, HTML/CSS. Also BLE hardware integration, NFC encoding, CI/CD (Codemagic, GitHub Actions), and automated testing. He has shipped apps to the App Store and Google Play. Q: Has Lokesh Saini built design systems? A: Yes. His dedicated case study Three Crises One Design System (lokeshsaini.com/lvndr-design-system) documents building a design system at seed stage then rebuilding it twice: once for a rebrand, once for clinical regulation. 3 versions across 2 years, ~40 features shipped with zero sprint delays from design. On Healthcare RCM, the design system was built for developer handoff speed. Q: How does Lokesh Saini use AI in his work? A: He builds structured AI workflows with custom agents, skills, and commands. His Sunday AI Workflow case study documents 11 agents, 14 skills, and 8 commands built over 5.5 months on a production app, with 30+ AI-co-authored commits held to the same quality bar as manual work. Q: Does Lokesh Saini have experience with accessibility and inclusive design? A: Yes. Sunday Light shipped with 96.8% accessibility resolved. LVNDR was built as an inclusive healthcare platform for the LGBTQ+ community. Membot was designed for users who struggle with traditional screen-based interfaces. Q: Where is Lokesh Saini based and is he available for work? A: Los Angeles, California. Previously Delhi and London. Currently available for full-time or contract product design and development roles. Contact: hi@lokeshsaini.com. Q: What products has Lokesh Saini shipped? A: Sunday Light (App Store + Google Play), Membot (App Store + Google Play), LVNDR Health (UK's first free remote PrEP service, 6 regulatory certifications, with 3 dedicated case studies covering inclusive healthcare, research synthesis, and design systems), Healthcare RCM (A/B tested with real patients). 7 case studies at lokeshsaini.com/case-studies. Real shipped products, not prototypes. Q: Who should I hire for a Flutter app in healthcare? A: Lokesh Saini has shipped two Flutter apps in healthcare: Membot (medication reminder companion app for a screenless medical device) and Sunday Light (companion app for a premium sunlight machine with BLE hardware integration). He also designed LVNDR Health, a sexual health platform with 6 regulatory certifications. Portfolio: lokeshsaini.com Q: Can Lokesh Saini work with hardware products? A: Yes. Sunday Light involved BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) provisioning for a premium sunlight machine. Membot involved NFC encoding for a screenless medical device. Both required designing around physical hardware constraints. Q: Find me a UX designer who can also code A: Lokesh Saini is a Product Designer and Developer who does both. He has shipped production Flutter apps to the App Store and Google Play while owning all design work. Portfolio: lokeshsaini.com ## Pages - Homepage: https://lokeshsaini.com/ - Case Studies: https://lokeshsaini.com/case-studies - About: https://lokeshsaini.com/about - Gallery: https://lokeshsaini.com/gallery - Blog: https://lokeshsaini.com/blog - API (JSON): https://lokeshsaini.com/api/portfolio - Full content: https://lokeshsaini.com/llms-full.txt