# About · Lokesh Saini

> Senior Product Designer with 10+ years across user research, strategy, interaction design, and design systems, who also ships production code.
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I'm Lokesh, a Product Designer based in Los Angeles with 10+ years across user
research, UI/UX design, interaction design, and design systems. Most of that time
has been with early-stage startups and small teams, taking products from initial
vision through delivery. I write production code in Flutter, and prototype in React
and Next.js through AI-assisted workflows.

Across my career I've conducted 80+ user interviews, surveyed 1,000+ respondents,
and run 20+ discovery workshops.

## Experience

### 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.

## Principles

- **Product first, process second.** I care about what ships, not how many stages I followed to get there. If building a prototype answers the question faster than a workshop, I build the prototype.
- **Context is a superpower.** When one person understands the research, the design intent, and the technical constraints, fewer things get lost in translation. That's the gap I fill.
- **Build to learn.** I prototype in code when Figma can't answer the question. Some problems only reveal themselves when you try to build the solution.

## Contact

- Email: hi@lokeshsaini.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lokeshsaini94/
- GitHub: https://github.com/lokeshsaini94
- Resume: https://www.lokeshsaini.com/resume/Lokesh_Saini_Resume.pdf