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Krishna GJ

Product Designer | AI Native | Design Engineer | Ex-Freshworks & Ex-Zoho

Bengaluru

8+ years of work experience

Cookie Kitchen
Apr 20265 mosPresent

Bengaluru

Birdeye
Jun 20262 mosJul 2026

Bengaluru

CommerceIQ
Jan 20265 mosMay 2026

- Leading the transformation of an existing SaaS platform into an AI-native & agent-first product experience. - Reduced design-to-build cycle by 50% by building a Cursor + Lovable prototyping pipeline which was adopted as a standard practice by the organisation, and helped support a $350K opportunity. - Responsible for hiring, critique, and elevating design quality, while managing and mentoring a team of designers.
CommerceIQ
Aug 20232 yrs 6 mosJan 2026

Drivetrain
Jan 20212 yrs 7 mosJul 2023

Bengaluru

- Led 0 to 1 product design from concept to MVP launch in 6 months along with building a complex design system. - Reduced onboarding and setup effort by 32%, successfully launching the website within 2 weeks to support early pipeline. - Mentored junior designers while revamping design processes and culture.
Freshworks
Apr 202010 mosJan 2021

On-site

- Led end-to-end design for Freshchat’s conversational bot builder from early concept to launch. - Designed multilingual and accessible experiences across live translation, localisation and global UI scalability.
Freshworks
May 20182 yrsApr 2020

Tamil Nadu, India

Krishna’s AI Stack

antigravity
antigravity
codex
codex

Education

SSN college of engineering

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communications Engineering

SSN college of engineering

20134 yrs2017

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Headline

Product Designer | AI Native | Design Engineer | Ex-Freshworks & Ex-Zoho

About

My current obsession is simple: “How can we put brains behind every pixel?” It drives me to design interfaces that are not static but intelligent, systems that learn, adapt and anticipate. I’m a self-taught Product Designer who thrives at the intersection of design, data and AI. As an AI-native designer, I’ve spent the past 8+ years crafting experiences that don’t just look good, they move metrics, solve messy problems and make technology feel human.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

antigravity

codex

Work experience

Co-Founder at Cookie Kitchen, Apr 2026 - Present · 5 mos, Bengaluru

AI-Native Product Designer at Birdeye, Jun 2026 - Jul 2026 · 2 mos, Bengaluru

Senior Lead Product Designer at CommerceIQ, Jan 2026 - May 2026 · 5 mos, - Leading the transformation of an existing SaaS platform into an AI-native & agent-first product experience. - Reduced design-to-build cycle by 50% by building a Cursor + Lovable prototyping pipeline which was adopted as a standard practice by the organisation, and helped support a $350K opportunity. - Responsible for hiring, critique, and elevating design quality, while managing and mentoring a team of designers.

Senior Product Designer at CommerceIQ, Aug 2023 - Jan 2026 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Lead Designer & Founding Team at Drivetrain, Jan 2021 - Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, - Led 0 to 1 product design from concept to MVP launch in 6 months along with building a complex design system. - Reduced onboarding and setup effort by 32%, successfully launching the website within 2 weeks to support early pipeline. - Mentored junior designers while revamping design processes and culture.

Senior Product Designer at Freshworks, Apr 2020 - Jan 2021 · 10 mos, On-site, - Led end-to-end design for Freshchat’s conversational bot builder from early concept to launch. - Designed multilingual and accessible experiences across live translation, localisation and global UI scalability.

Product Designer at Freshworks, May 2018 - Apr 2020 · 2 yrs, Tamil Nadu, India

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communications Engineering, SSN college of engineering

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