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Hi, I’m SJ Patra, a Senior/Lead Product Designer with 6+ years shipping information-dense, multi-role B2B and instructional products end to end. I served as the sole designer on a US enterprise SaaS platform and was the founding designer at a YC-backed K-12 edtech valued at over $500M. I also co-founded an AI-powered learning app. I excel at systems thinking, design systems, research, and translating ambiguous problems into shipped products. I’m comfortable owning a design vision across a whole platform, mentoring designers, and partnering with engineers, PMs, and domain experts.…Hi, I’m SJ Patra, a Senior/Lead Product Designer with 6+ years shipping information-dense, multi-role B2B and instructional products end to end. I served as the sole designer on a US enterprise SaaS platform and was the founding designer at a YC-backed K-12 edtech valued at over $500M. I also co-founded an AI-powered learning app. I excel at systems thinking, design systems, research, and translating ambiguous problems into shipped products. I’m comfortable owning a design vision across a whole platform, mentoring designers, and partnering with engineers, PMs, and domain experts.

SJ Patra

Product Designer, Designer, UI Designer, +2

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Hi, I’m SJ Patra, a Senior/Lead Product Designer with 6+ years shipping information-dense, multi-role B2B and instructional products end to end. I served as the sole designer on a US enterprise SaaS platform and was the founding designer at a YC-backed K-12 edtech valued at over $500M. I also co-founded an AI-powered learning app. I excel at systems thinking, design systems, research, and translating ambiguous problems into shipped products. I’m comfortable owning a design vision across a whole platform, mentoring designers, and partnering with engineers, PMs, and domain experts.…Hi, I’m SJ Patra, a Senior/Lead Product Designer with 6+ years shipping information-dense, multi-role B2B and instructional products end to end. I served as the sole designer on a US enterprise SaaS platform and was the founding designer at a YC-backed K-12 edtech valued at over $500M. I also co-founded an AI-powered learning app. I excel at systems thinking, design systems, research, and translating ambiguous problems into shipped products. I’m comfortable owning a design vision across a whole platform, mentoring designers, and partnering with engineers, PMs, and domain experts.

Available to hire

Hi, I’m SJ Patra, a Senior/Lead Product Designer with 6+ years shipping information-dense, multi-role B2B and instructional products end to end. I served as the sole designer on a US enterprise SaaS platform and was the founding designer at a YC-backed K-12 edtech valued at over $500M. I also co-founded an AI-powered learning app.

I excel at systems thinking, design systems, research, and translating ambiguous problems into shipped products. I’m comfortable owning a design vision across a whole platform, mentoring designers, and partnering with engineers, PMs, and domain experts.

Skills

Product Design

Experience Level

Product Design

Expert

Work Experience

Lead Product Designer at D-Tools (US enterprise SaaS, AV/security)

November 1, 2021 - Present

Remote contractor; led end-to-end mobile platform design (React Native, iOS and Android) built from zero; defined IA and visual language; designed multi-role permissions, proposals, purchase orders, and payments; led lifecycle research; built and governed mobile design system; mentored contract designers; integrated AI tools into workflow.

Product Designer at Teachmint

January 1, 2021 - Present

Founding design team member during hypergrowth; worked with founders and PM on early product direction and IA; designed core instructional and classroom workflows; contributed to early design system as team expanded.

Product Designer at RedCarpetUp

January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2021

Designed end-to-end credit and loan flows (KYC, underwriting, repayment, collections) under regulatory constraints; conducted usability testing with first-time credit users; iterated on copy, hierarchy, and error states to reduce onboarding drop-off.