Jay Tandia, an Engineer turned Product Designer from IIT Kharagpur with a natural eye for aesthetics and a rare ability to build what I design.
Selected work
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AI Product Design · RISA LabsWhat if the browser itself became a PM's co-pilot? I designed an agentic browser that eliminates context switching, detects blockers before standups, and automates repetitive execution, turning PMs from coordinators into decision-makers.
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Product Design · ZyeeroMost platforms stop helping at admission. I designed the complete Zyeero experience, 6+ service pages, a full post-arrival dashboard, and a design system, so students feel supported from application to settling abroad.
Why hire me
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I research before I design
Every project starts with real user conversations. I've spoken to PMs, students, and founders, and I let their words shape the design, not just validate it after the fact.
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I can build what I design
React, TypeScript, Next.js, TailwindCSS, and I've shipped products at two startups and as a developer intern at TBO.com. I speak engineering fluently, which makes handoffs effortless.
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I think in systems, not screens
A dual degree in Biotechnology trains you for second-order thinking and complex system design. I bring that same rigour to product ecosystems, not just individual flows.
About
An engineer from IIT Kharagpur who turned into a product designer.
I'm Jay, a final-year Dual Degree student at IIT Kharagpur, studying Biotechnology while spending most of my time designing products people actually want to use.
I got into design the way most engineers do, by being frustrated at how poorly designed most software is, and realising I had both the aesthetic instinct and the technical ability to fix it. That frustration turned into three internships, multiple hackathon wins, and a genuine obsession with the craft.
What makes me different: I've built RAG pipelines with LLMs, shipped Go backends, co-founded a startup that served 3,000 customers, and been a national finalist at a hackathon with 30,000 participants. I don't just design products, I build them.
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Looking for full-time product design roles at startups and companies that care about craft. If that sounds like you, let's talk.