Sagar Deshpande

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Senior Product Designer at TCS · Design systems · component libraries, Figma

TCS
Bengaluru, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
10+ years experience
IIT Kharagpur
English, Hindi, Kannada
CollaboratingOpen to work
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Overview

I work on design systems at TCS in Bengaluru. Ran 31 usability sessions and turned them into a research repository. Built a component library 77 engineers ship with every day. Board member at a local non-profit.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Roles in design systems
  • Collaborators for my side project
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Working sessions on accessibility
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
Please don't message about
  • Crypto token projects
  • Offshore staffing offers

Replies on weekends

Skills
tokensaccessibilityFigmacomponent librariesdesign systems
CollaboratingLooking to collaborate
closes in 3 months

Co-writing a short book about design systems - looking for a co-author

Project
A short book about design systems - looking for a co-author
Skills needed
Marketing, component libraries
Time commitment
Part-time
Outcome
Conference talk

Weekends only. Based in Bengaluru, happy to work remotely.

Bengaluru, Indiatokenscomponent librariesdesign systems
Open
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Open to Product Designer roles at pre-seed media companies

Target roles
Product Designer
Level
Mid
Industries
AI infrastructure, Fintech
Work mode
On-site
Available
Immediately
Work authorization
Indian citizen
What I'm looking for
Early-stage company (Series B) where design systems is core to the product.
Not interested in
Contract-only roles

10 years in design systems. Strongest at tokens and component libraries. Open to the right conversation.

Bengaluru, India · remote OKdesign systemstokensfigma
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Experience

  1. Senior Product Designer
    Nov 2024 - Present
    TCS · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Cut support tickets about design systems by 27% with clearer copy and states.
    • Brought the design systems flows to WCAG 2.2 AA.
  2. UX Researcher
    May 2023 - Nov 2024
    Uber · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Built a component library 81 engineers ship with every day.
    • Cut support tickets about design systems by 44% with clearer copy and states.
  3. Product Designer
    Jun 2021 - May 2023
    Ola · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Built a component library 69 engineers ship with every day.
  4. Product Designer
    Oct 2018 - Jun 2021
    EY · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Cut support tickets about design systems by 39% with clearer copy and states.
    • Shipped the design systems redesign that lifted task completion 19%.
  5. Product Designer
    Oct 2016 - Oct 2018
    ICICI Bank · 2 yr · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Brought the design systems flows to WCAG 2.2 AA.
    • Built a component library 20 engineers ship with every day.

Projects

Open-source Figma toolkit
2023

A small library for design systems that 116 developers star on GitHub.

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Education

  1. IIT Kharagpur
    B.Tech, Architecture
    2012 - 2016

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