Headline

Product Designer | AI Design Engineer

About

hey, i'm joel, a product designer with 5+ years across b2b and b2c startups. i've been part of early teams where the design function was basically just me, which means i've had to build, ship, and figure things out fast. lately i've been using ai to close the gap between design and engineering. less handoff, more done. always up for interesting conversations and good work.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

aistudio

claude code

claude

codex

gemini

Work experience

Sr. Product Designer at Flent, May 2026 - Present · 5 mos

Founding Product Designer at Flent, Dec 2025 - Apr 2026 · 5 mos, IC role, but building like a team of five. Designing products for the top 1% of renters, people who know what good looks like.

Sr. Product Designer at Attentions AI, Sep 2024 - Nov 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, Took AI seriously before it was obvious. Led multiple enterprise AI products from 0 to 1 as an IC. Learnt what it actually takes to ship AI that works for real users.

Sr. Product Designer at huemn, Jun 2024 - Aug 2024 · 3 mos, Stepped up to lead a design team. Same product, higher stakes, new muscle.

Product Designer at huemn, Mar 2023 - May 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos, Early hire on a CRM built for Indian wedding photographers. Shipped features and internal tools that helped the product scale.

UI/UX Designer at Aimedis, Jan 2022 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Sole designer across metaverse, web, and marketing. First full-time UX role. Learnt by doing everything myself.

Engineer - Design and Projects at EYTE Technologies Pvt Ltd., Dec 2018 - Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Mumbai, Designed AV systems for boardrooms and conference rooms before I designed screens. Unusual start. Useful background.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics Engineering, Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering

HSC, Utkarsha Vidyalaya Junior College

Public links

joemihavel.com: https://joemihavel.com/