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title: "Maha Krishnan - Senior Product Designer in India | Tal"
description: "Meet Maha Krishnan, Lead Product Designer | Ex -AppSignal, Khoros, PayPal, Y Combinator | UX | UI | AI-Agents | AX | 0→1 based in India. AI stack includes claude code, codex, and elevenlabs. Explore public work links including github and mahakrishnan.online."
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# Maha Krishnan on Tal

## Headline

Lead Product Designer \| Ex \-AppSignal, Khoros, PayPal, Y Combinator \| UX \| UI \| AI\-Agents \| AX \| 0→1

## About

Hey There, I’m Maha, a Multidisciplinary Product Designer with 10\+ years of experience designing enterprise SaaS, AI products and complex workflows\. Over the years, I’ve worked with teams at AppSignal, Khoros, PayPal and YC\-backed startups\. A lot of my work has been around simplifying difficult systems, improving how teams work, and taking products from early ideas to something people can actually use at scale\. These days, I work heavily with AI\-assisted design and prototyping\. I use tools like Claude Code and Codex to explore ideas faster, prototype directly in code and work more closely with engineering\. I enjoy working on products where there is a lot to untangle: complex workflows, data\-heavy interfaces, developer tools, enterprise software and new AI experiences\. I’m currently looking for my next Senior, Lead or Staff Product Designer role and I’m available to join immediately\. If you’re building something thoughtful and complex, I’d be happy to connect\. Skills: AI Product Design, Enterprise SaaS, Human\-AI Interaction, Agentic UX, Design Systems, Product Strategy, Interaction Design, AI Prototyping, Design\-to\-Code, Developer Tools\. https://mahakrishnan\.online/ hello@mahakrishnan\.online https://github\.com/itisgiri

## Location

India

## AI stack

claude code

codex

elevenlabs

## Work experience

Senior Product Designer at AppSignal, Sep 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 2 mos, Netherlands, At AppSignal, I design observability tools for development teams — the kind of software that helps engineers understand performance, spot issues faster, and make better decisions without fighting the interface\. Alongside core product work, I also shaped AI\-assisted internal workflows for blog covers, social banners, and product screenshots, helping the team move faster while keeping the writing human and the brand language intact\. A lot of my work here sits where I like to be: close to product, engineering, AI, and craft — turning technical, messy workflows into clearer systems people can actually use\.

Senior Product Designer at Khoros, Oct 2023 \- Jul 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos, Remote, \- Led designs for the Khoros's Publishing platform that empowers enterprise marketing teams to evolve from reactive business decisions to proactive insights and accelerate business results\. \- As part of a cross\-product/functional team, I was tasked to build the design foundation for AI driven social post generator for the web application used by tier one enterprise brands such as Samsung, Spotify, SkyUK etc \- My everyday includes collaborating with product managers, customers, stakeholders to supply design knowledge, prototypes, materials and conduct design practises, know hows, brainstorm to build winning features \- As a Design Strategist, I collaborated closely with developers to deliver components for a comprehensive design system that powers Khoros's product verticals\. This effort aimed to enhance the product's credibility and build user confidence by elevating their overall experience \- Responsible for crafting quality designs that are Optimised for Long\-Term Scalability and Maintainability\.

Founding Product Designer \- Remote\(US\) at Paro, Jan 2023 \- Aug 2023 · 8 mos, India, Led Product Design efforts at useparo\.com \- A Early Stage Construction tech startup\. was building in stealth mode before launching\.

Founding Product Designer \- Remote \(Canada\) at MATIDOR, Jul 2020 \- Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 7 mos, India, \- By Reporting directly to the CEO/Co\-founder I've led and managed the overall 0 to 1 design strategy and user experience for Matidor, a GIS map based field operation project management software in growth stage\. During my full time remote tenure, the company got backed by YC\(2021 batch\) and acquired seed funding\. \- Designed the V1 of both web and mobile app using intuitive GIS\-UX methodologies that resulted in improved customer retention rates, onboarding of new pilot customers\. \- Used jobs\-to\-be\-done framework, revamped the information architecture and led the foundation of core features such as Excel to Live Map data importing, map annotations, offline maps, dynamic forms and templates, smart commenting, project grouping, and third\-party integrations\. \- Worked with stakeholders \(PMs, devs, and potential customers\) to gather requirements, conduct incremental tests, identify gaps in research insights, and translate them into tangible designs\. \- Collaborated closely with sales and marketing teams to envision the roadmap for marketing activities, such as overall brand identity, Google ads campaigns & creatives, overhauling marketing websites, and lead\-generation landing pages\. \- Worked closely with front\-end development team to introduce design system\-based product workflow, that improved internal efficiency and quick customer delivery cycles\.

Product Designer II \- Internal tools at smava GmbH, Jan 2020 \- Mar 2020 · 3 mos, Berlin Area, Germany, \- During this shorter stint, I led and envisioned the internal tool design that improved the usability of the loan credit approver's interface, resulting in a 15% increase in time efficiency for relationship managers and credit advisors for quick loan approvals\. This positively impacted the business through 3x more lead generations\. \- Reduced drop\-off rates by making design recommendations such as accessibility, find\-ability, and usability improvements at the on\-boarding loan application flow\. \- Conducted observational analysis with users using the platform, recorded their pain points, and recommended design solutions around them\. \- Contributed to the design system and guidelines, helping the large design team work more synonymously and manage resources\. \- Initiated and ran design workshops and design rituals within the larger team, helping to foster a culture of collaboration and creativity\.

UX Designer at PayPal India, Jan 2017 \- Oct 2018 · 1 y 9 mo, Chennai

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \(B\.Tech\.\), Information Technology, maamallan institute of technology

12th standard, Computer Science Group, Sethu bhaskara matriculation higher secondary school

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/itisgiri
- mahakrishnan\.online: https://www\.mahakrishnan\.online/

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