Personal details
Neeraj J.
Based in: 🇮🇳 India
Timezone: Kolkata (UTC+5.5)
About
Senior Product Designer with 14+ years of experience turning complex financial, AI, and enterprise workflows into intuitive digital products. Most recently founding product designer at OCTA (Abu Dhabi) — designed two core products (OCTA and OCTA Flow), cut enterprise reconciliation time from 2 hours to 30 minutes, and shipped from blank canvas to live UAE GCC clients in 18 months as the sole designer on a $5.6M funded platform. Prototype with Claude, Cursor, and v0 daily — go from problem to testable interface in hours, reducing engineering rework before build. Available immediately. Open to onsite and remote roles globally.
Work Experience
Product Designer — Founding Team
OCTA (Beyond Borders Ltd.) | Nov 2024 - Apr 2026
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Product design
FinTech
Design Systems
Prototype Engineering
Claude
- Reduced enterprise reconciliation time from 2 hours to 30 minutes by designing two core products — OCTA and OCTA Flow — from blank canvas through to live UAE GCC enterprise clients in 18 months.
- Accelerated product delivery by 15% by building a 0→1 design system (tokens, components, documentation) that engineering built from directly, eliminating ambiguity at handoff.
- Enabled engineers to validate ideas before committing build time by delivering functional prototypes via Claude and Cursor within hours of problem definition — reduced costly rework cycles.
- Earned trust of UAE GCC enterprise clients by designing compliance-aware financial UX (FTA/ZATCA e-invoicing) that met regulatory requirements without sacrificing usability.
- Influenced product direction at founding team level by presenting design rationale directly to founders and enterprise clients — design decisions shaped roadmap priorities throughout.November 2024 – April 2026 | weareocta.com | AI FinTech | $5.6M Funded (MEVP, Wa'ed Ventures, Plug and Play)
Senior Product Designer and Design Lead
Biz4Group LLC | May 2021 - Nov 2024
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Workflows
Product design
Design thinking
Figma
Design Systems
Claude
- Increased user engagement by 20% across 20+ products by introducing research-driven design processes and AI-assisted workflows — measurable outcomes tracked across every client engagement.
- Cut development time by 15% across concurrent client projects by building reusable design systems and component libraries that engineering teams adopted as standard.
- Grew team output by leading and mentoring a team of 7 designers and introducing AI design tools (Claude, Figma AI, Cursor) — improved delivery speed and output quality without adding headcount.
- Improved task completion rate by 15% on DrHR (enterprise HR SaaS) by leading user research that identified critical navigation failures — redesigned information architecture based on findings.
- Boosted Valinor AI platform engagement by 30% by redesigning the analytics dashboard to surface AI insights clearly — users acted on data rather than ignoring it.May 2021 – November 2024 | 20+ Products | Clients across 6 Countries
Education
Mahatma Gandhi University
Master's degree・Computer Applications
Jun 2014 - Dec 2016
University of Rajasthan
Bachelor's degree・Computer Applications
Apr 2011 - Jul 2013