About me

Hi, I'm Harshada

Enterprise UX AI Product Design B2B SaaS Design Systems
Open to work · Bay Area, CA

Senior Product Designer with 5+ years designing platforms used by 1,000+ users at Microsoft and Mercedes-Benz. I design with engineering fluency, and ship with it too.

Harshada Kunjir Sunnyvale, CA

I come from a blend of engineering and design: Master's in Design, Bachelor's in Engineering. That foundation always gave me fluency across both disciplines.

As AI collapses the boundary between design and engineering, I use it on both sides: to design faster and sharper, and to ship what I build. From AI-assisted research synthesis to vibe-coding production-ready interfaces, I take products from discovery to deployment.

The principles don't change: good research, sound IA, accessible and intentional design. AI accelerates the craft. It doesn't replace it.

Design + Engineering
M.Des · B.Eng

Discovery → Deployment
Research · IA · UI · Ship

Today
Senior Product Designer
Bay Area, CA
Experience & Education

A path through both disciplines.

Dec 2022 –
Present
Senior Product Designer
Advarisk · Odwen · Vahati
Contract
Dec 2021 –
Dec 2022
Creative Lead, UX/UI
EY → Microsoft
Full-time
Jun 2019 –
Dec 2021
UX/UI Designer
Capgemini → Mercedes-Benz R&D
Full-time
Jul 2018 –
Apr 2019
Lead Designer
Sirenna Learning Ltd
Full-time
2016 –
2018
Master of Design
MIT Institute of Design, Pune
M.Des
2012 –
2015
Bachelor of Engineering
SKNCOE, Sinhgad Institutes
B.Eng
AI fluency

AI fluency is part of the work.

I design AI experiences users can understand and trust, and use AI to accelerate design quality on both sides of the process.

ANT
AI Fluency Framework & Foundations
Anthropic Academy · 2024
IxDF
AI for Designers
Interaction Design Foundation · 2024
Skills

What I bring across strategy, craft & execution.

Core competencies
End-to-End Product DesignDesign SystemsEnterprise UX UX Research & DiscoveryInformation ArchitectureDashboard Design Interaction DesignAccessibility (WCAG 2.1)
AI & Emerging Practice
AI Product DesignVibe CodingDesigner-Builder AI-Assisted WorkflowsRapid PrototypingMVP Concepting
Tools & Stack
FigmaFigJamAdobe CCMiroCursorClaudeClaude CodeLovableSupabaseVercel
Off screen
My cat in a blanket
A plate of food I made
Food from my garden
Hiking by the lake

I come from farming ancestry, grew up around mango orchards and fig trees, climbing them before I could read. That upbringing never left me. I tend to my garden the same way now: slowly, patiently, with genuine care. I grow my own produce and cook with it, different cuisines, whatever's in season. There's something satisfying about following something all the way through, from soil to plate.

I write about LLMs and product design, the shifting role of the designer in an AI-shaped world. Some thoughts are half-formed. All are honest.

I climb mountains. Not metaphorically. It's uncomfortable and clarifying in equal measure.

Let's work together

Actively looking for senior
design roles in the Bay Area.

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