About

Hi, I'm Gunal.

Product Designer & Design Engineer building AI-native products and the systems behind them.

I design complex digital products from problem to interface — and when it helps, I build them too.

My work sits at the intersection of product thinking, interaction design, AI, and code. I'm particularly interested in AI System Thinking — designing the systems, principles, and workflows that help humans and LLMs create better product experiences without losing usability, product identity, or visual consistency.

Experience

Mareana

Product, Brand and Web UI/UX Designer

Apr 2026 — Present · Remote

Working across product and digital experiences for a B2B data intelligence platform serving pharmaceutical teams.

  • Designed and developed Lumis, a fully responsive AI assistant that helps pharma teams work with complex batch records and manufacturing data. The product is now being used by 10+ pharma CDMOs and virtual sponsors.
  • Developed an AI Design Thinking workflow for LLM-assisted product development, helping avoid AI-slop interfaces while keeping Mareana's brand, visual language, and design principles consistent across AI-generated experiences.
  • Built an AI-assisted design-to-code workflow that reduced page turnaround from 14 hours to 2 hours.
  • Built a reusable Figma style guide and token system using Figma Agent and Figma Make, reducing documentation time from a day to roughly an hour per section.
  • Designed and shipped a 12-page product and use-case rollout, with 4 pages live within the first 3 months.
  • Leading the homepage redesign and brand guide refresh that defines the visual direction for Mareana's digital presence.
  • Built conversion tracking with Microsoft Clarity funnels to understand how page changes influence demo requests.

Financial Software and Systems

Product Designer

Aug 2023 — Mar 2026 · Chennai, India

Progressed from Product Designer Intern into a Product Designer role, working across enterprise fintech platforms for Tier-1 banks.

  • Led product design for white-label fintech platforms used by Tier-1 banks including QNB, Emirates NBD, FAB, and DIB, supporting products handling 1M+ daily transactions.
  • Built a multi-tenant design system deployed across 5+ banking platforms, reducing delivery timelines by 40%.
  • Redesigned merchant and customer onboarding experiences using progressive disclosure, increasing completion rates by 22% and reducing manual processing by 35%.
  • Ran WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility audits across banking interfaces and translated findings into production improvements.
  • Established a design-to-development handoff workflow that reduced frontend rework by 15%.
  • Designed onboarding and payment workflows and contributed to the shared component library used across client projects.
  • Mentored junior designers on enterprise UX patterns and design-system thinking.

Product Designer Intern

Feb 2023 — Jul 2023 · Chennai, India

Started my product design career at FSS, building a foundation in enterprise UX and design systems.

  • Gained foundational knowledge in design systems and enterprise UX while supporting product design across client projects.
  • Helped manage, maintain, and update the Figma design system, keeping components and patterns consistent across product experiences.
  • Contributed to the shared Figma component library and supported designers in maintaining consistency across client products.

Education

Master of Computer Applications

SRM University, Chennai · 2021 — 2023

Bachelor of Computer Applications

The American College · 2018 — 2021

Skills

AI System Thinking

Designing systems, principles, and workflows that help humans and LLMs create better product experiences while maintaining product and brand consistency.

SystemsPrinciplesWorkflowsHuman + LLMUsabilityProduct IdentityVisual Consistency

Product Design

Product Design · Interaction Design · Design Systems · Information Architecture · User Research · Usability Testing

AI & Product

AI Product Design · LLM Workflows · AI-Assisted Design · AI System Thinking · Design-to-Code

Tools

Figma · Claude · Claude Code · Cursor · Lovable · Figma MCP · Figma Make · Figma Agent · Obsidian · Photoshop · Illustrator · After Effects · Jitter · DaVinci Resolve

Engineering

Product Engineering · HTML/CSS · React · Next.js · SwiftUI · Webflow · Framer · WordPress

Enterprise UX

Complex Workflows · B2B SaaS · Fintech · Pharma · Healthcare · Life Sciences · Regulated Products · Accessibility · WCAG 2.1 AA

Awards

FSS — Champion of the Quarter

Payment Gateway UX Delivery

FSS — Team Excellence Award — FAB Bank · 2024

Enterprise UX migration across 20+ stakeholders

Currently

I'm exploring the space between product design, AI, and engineering — building products, design systems, and workflows that make the distance between an idea and a working product smaller.

01Think
02Design
03Prototype
04Build
05Ship