# Lokesh Saini: Senior Product Designer > A senior product designer who can code: research to shipped product. > Canonical (HTML): https://www.lokeshsaini.com/ > Based in Los Angeles · 10+ years · hi@lokeshsaini.com > Availability: open to new opportunities, full-time or contract · Target roles: Senior Product Designer, Design Engineer, UX Researcher > Last updated: 2026-06-15 Designing things that survive contact with reality. I research the problems, design the solutions, and build the products. ## By the numbers - **10+** years in product design - **15+** products shipped - **12+** clients - **20+** discovery workshops ## Case studies ### [Living Light: An Interface in Sync With the Sun](https://www.lokeshsaini.com/sunday-light) Designed and built a cross-platform Flutter companion app for a premium IoT sunlight machine, from workshop through BLE integration to App Store and Google Play launch. - Role: Product Designer (solo, design to shipped code) - Tags: Product Design, IoT, Mobile, Flutter, 0-to-1 ### [When AI Tools Fail (and When They Don't)](https://www.lokeshsaini.com/sunday-ai-workflow) Built a structured AI development workflow with 11 custom agents, 14 skills, and governance framework that evolved over 5.5 months on a production Flutter app. - Role: Product Designer (solo, AI-governed build) - Tags: AI, Mobile, Flutter, Governance ### [Inclusive Healthcare by Design](https://www.lokeshsaini.com/lvndr-inclusive-healthcare) How we designed an inclusive sexual health platform for the LGBTQ+ community where regulatory compliance and user dignity were the same problem. 6 certifications, mobile and web. - Role: Product Designer (First Hire) - Tags: Healthcare, Product Design, UX Research, Inclusive Design, Mobile, Web, 0-to-1 ### [Building an App for a Screenless Device](https://www.lokeshsaini.com/membot-app) Designed and shipped a cross-platform Flutter companion app for a screenless NFC medical device, from discovery workshop through App Store and Google Play launch. - Role: Product Designer (sole designer + developer) - Tags: Healthcare, Product Design, Mobile, Flutter, 0-to-1 ### [The Hardest Part Wasn't the Research](https://www.lokeshsaini.com/lvndr-715-voices) How 6 weeks of UX research synthesis turned 18 months of fragmented LGBTQ+ healthcare data from 715+ respondents into product decisions a team could ship against. - Role: Product Designer (Research Synthesis Co-Lead) - Tags: Healthcare, UX Research, Synthesis, 0-to-1 ### [Three Crises, One Design System](https://www.lokeshsaini.com/lvndr-design-system) Built a Figma design system at seed stage, then rebuilt it twice for a rebrand and clinical regulation. Token architecture absorbed ~40 features and two team transitions with zero sprint delays. - Role: Product Designer (first hire, design system owner) - Tags: Healthcare, Product Design, Design Systems, Mobile, Web, Figma ### [Adda: Your AI Workspace](https://www.lokeshsaini.com/adda) Designed a desktop AI agent workspace where teams of AI agents collaborate on projects, with structured context management, sandbox security, and an evidence-backed learning pipeline. - Role: Product Designer (solo prototype) - Tags: AI, Product Design, Desktop, 0-to-1 ### [Revenue Cycle Management. Redesigned.](https://www.lokeshsaini.com/healthcare-rcm) Redesigned a healthcare clinic's revenue cycle management from patient intake to payment collection. Solo UX design, 6-week sprint, shipped to production. - Role: Product Designer - Tags: Healthcare, Product Design, UX Research, Web, 0-to-1 ## What I bring - **Full-loop product design.** Research, interaction design, visual design, usability testing, design systems. The whole product, not just one slice of it. - **Research-driven, not opinion-driven.** 80+ user interviews, 1,000+ survey responses, 20+ workshops across my career. Everything I design starts with talking to real users, testing prototypes, and building research-backed personas that shape what gets built. - **I design it and I build it.** Flutter, HTML/CSS, JavaScript. I manage the project, write the code, and get it out the door. AI workflows help me move faster. - **10+ years across six industries.** Healthcare, education, IoT, social impact, advertising, consumer products. Early-stage startups and small teams. Solo and inside teams of 16. ## Where I've been ### Self-Employed · Senior UX Designer & Developer (Nov 2022 – Present) Working with founders and small teams as the sole designer. Running the research, designing the product, and writing production code in Flutter when the project calls for it. Clients include a hardware startup shipping their first consumer lighting app, a medical device company needing a companion app, and a healthcare company rethinking how clinics get paid. ### LVNDR Health · Product Designer (First Hire) (Aug 2020 – Aug 2022) First design hire at an LGBTQ+ healthcare startup. Established the practice from scratch: component library, design tokens, documentation standards. Led 51+ user interviews and a 715-person survey, distilling findings into personas, journey maps, and design specs across iOS, Android, and web. ### CodeYourFuture · UX Designer (Nov 2018 – Mar 2020) Designed software for CodeYourFuture, a non-profit helping refugees and disadvantaged people break into tech. Built a resource directory to help caseworkers support marginalized communities, running user research and usability testing throughout. ### Echosense Technologies Private Limited · UX Designer and Developer (May 2017 – Jul 2018) Owned the design and development of Android apps at an AdTech startup. Ran user research through interviews, observation, and usability sessions, then cycled findings back into the product. Mentored interns on Android development and design. ### Self-Employed · UI Designer & Android Developer (Apr 2015 – May 2017) Designed and developed mobile apps as a solo contributor. Cureinstant connected patients with doctors, clinics, and hospitals for remote consultations. A cognitive screening tool for the University of Hong Kong helped patients with brain injuries. ## Don't take my word for it > "The combination of UX expertise and Flutter development is rare. Most agencies have separate designers and developers. Lokesh did both to an exceptional standard." > – Nat Martin, CEO, Sunday Lighting > "Lokesh's comprehension of what we needed was very, very good. Probably the best feedback I could offer. It all came together very nicely." > – Uri Friedlander, Founder, Uno International > "Because he can design and code, he understands problems end to end and communicates across teams in a way most people can't. He joined us and within weeks was contributing to everything from logo design to UX surveys to building and testing the apps. He took full ownership from day one." > – Deepak Jain, CTO, Echosense Technologies > "Lokesh is faster than any developer or UX person I've worked with. He questions things that everyone else accepts, and he's not afraid to say what he thinks even when his take is different. That's exactly who you want at a startup." > – Deepak Singh, CEO, Echosense Technologies > "We hired Lokesh to build an app and he delivered it in two months. He's professional, communicates clearly with anyone regardless of background, and hits every deadline. His work at the University of Hong Kong has been critical for brain injury patients across China and Oxford." > – Brendan Weekes, Emeritus Professor, University of Hong Kong ## Elsewhere - [About](https://www.lokeshsaini.com/about) - [All case studies](https://www.lokeshsaini.com/case-studies) - [Writing](https://www.lokeshsaini.com/blog) - [Gallery](https://www.lokeshsaini.com/gallery) - [Machine-readable profile](https://www.lokeshsaini.com/llms.txt) · [Full](https://www.lokeshsaini.com/llms-full.txt) · [API](https://www.lokeshsaini.com/api/portfolio) - Resume: https://www.lokeshsaini.com/resume/Lokesh_Saini_Resume.pdf - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lokeshsaini94/ - GitHub: https://github.com/lokeshsaini94