I'm a product designer with a strong foundation in front-end development, passionate about turning complex data-heavy workflows into clear, intuitive experiences. I enjoy collaborating with engineers to design feasible, scalable solutions that deliver real value to users and teams. With experience shaping enterprise software used by public-sector and enterprise teams, I focus on simplifying multi-step processes, ensuring transparency, and improving adoption. I thrive in cross-functional settings and iterate based on user feedback to ship features that are both delightful and trustworthy.

Vignesh Ram Balu

I'm a product designer with a strong foundation in front-end development, passionate about turning complex data-heavy workflows into clear, intuitive experiences. I enjoy collaborating with engineers to design feasible, scalable solutions that deliver real value to users and teams. With experience shaping enterprise software used by public-sector and enterprise teams, I focus on simplifying multi-step processes, ensuring transparency, and improving adoption. I thrive in cross-functional settings and iterate based on user feedback to ship features that are both delightful and trustworthy.

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I’m a product designer with a strong foundation in front-end development, passionate about turning complex data-heavy workflows into clear, intuitive experiences. I enjoy collaborating with engineers to design feasible, scalable solutions that deliver real value to users and teams.

With experience shaping enterprise software used by public-sector and enterprise teams, I focus on simplifying multi-step processes, ensuring transparency, and improving adoption. I thrive in cross-functional settings and iterate based on user feedback to ship features that are both delightful and trustworthy.

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Language

English
Fluent
German
Beginner
Tamil
Fluent

Work Experience

UX Designer / Researcher at gHealth Research & Malawi MOH
May 1, 2025 - August 1, 2025
Designed end-to-end user flows and interfaces for a data-intensive enterprise platform supporting reporting and decision-making by public-sector teams. Simplified complex, multi-step workflows involving large datasets, validations, and edge cases to improve usability and adoption. Focused on clarity, feedback, and system transparency to help users understand platform state and complete tasks confidently. Planned and conducted usability testing, translating insights into iterative design improvements. Reduced task completion time and improved user confidence in platform outputs.
Jr. Software Engineer at Cognizant Technology Solutions
July 31, 2024 - July 26, 2025
Acted as a key liaison between design and development within an Agile framework, developed and maintained front-end interfaces for 8+ applications within the Kotak Insurance portfolio, translating complex UX specifications and design wireframes into functional, responsive code. Played a key role in developing a reusable UI component library in Angular to standardise CSS elements and design patterns across the Kotak Insurance product suite, significantly reducing code redundancy and accelerating development timelines. Collaborated within an Agile team to ship new features and actively resolve bugs for 5+ live applications, contributing to a 25% increase in user engagement through improved interface performance and stability.
Jr. Software Engineer at Cognizant Technology Solutions
July 31, 2024 - July 26, 2025
Acted as a key liaison between design and development within an Agile framework, developed and maintained front-end interfaces for 8+ applications within the Kotak Insurance portfolio, translating complex UX specifications and design wireframes into functional, responsive code. Played a key role in developing a reusable UI component library in Angular to standardize CSS elements and design patterns across the Kotak Insurance product suite, significantly reducing code redundancy and accelerating development timelines. Collaborated within an Agile team to ship new features and actively resolve bugs for 5+ live applications, boosting user engagement by 25% through improved interface performance and stability.
Software Engineer Intern at Cognizant Technology Solutions
June 30, 2022 - July 26, 2025
Completed intensive training in corporate software development practices and Agile methodologies, quickly ramping up to contribute to the development and testing of new UI features. Was offered a full-time position based on strong performance in front-end bug resolution and effective team collaboration.
Software Engineer Intern at Cognizant Technology Solutions
June 30, 2022 - July 26, 2025
Completed intensive training in corporate software development practices and Agile methodologies. Contributed to the development and testing of new UI features. Demonstrated strong performance in front-end bug resolution and effective team collaboration, resulting in a full-time job offer.
Junior Software Engineer at Cognizant Technology Solutions
June 1, 2022 - August 1, 2024
Designed and implemented user interfaces from Figma into production code across 8+ enterprise web applications with complex, data-heavy workflows. Designed within existing platform and system constraints while maintaining usability and consistency. Acted as a UX advocate during development by identifying usability issues, proposing workflow improvements, and validating solutions with designers and stakeholders. Worked extensively on forms, validations, status states, and edge cases where accuracy and trust were critical. Collaborated closely with product managers and engineers to iterate on designs and ship features incrementally.
Software Engineer Trainee at Cognizant Technology Solutions
February 1, 2022 - June 1, 2022
Built and refined front-end features using Angular and JavaScript. Improved interaction behaviour and layout consistency based on design feedback.
Project Trainee at Ramco Systems
October 31, 2021 - July 26, 2025
Migrated a legacy enterprise Xamarin application to .NET MAUI, reducing cross-platform development time by 25%.
Project Trainee at Ramco Systems
October 31, 2021 - July 26, 2025
Migrated a legacy enterprise Xamarin application to .NET MAUI, reducing cross-platform development time by 25%.

Education

MSc at University College Dublin
September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2025
Bachelor of Technology at SRM Institute of Science and Technology
July 1, 2018 - May 31, 2022
Bachelor of Technology at SRM Institute of Science and Technology
July 1, 2018 - May 31, 2022
Master of Science in Human Computer Interaction at University College Dublin, Ireland
September 1, 2024 - August 1, 2025
Bachelor of Technology Computer Science Engineering (AI & ML) at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India
June 1, 2018 - May 1, 2022

Qualifications

Google UX Design Certificate
January 11, 2030 - July 26, 2025
IBM Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner
January 11, 2030 - July 26, 2025
IBM Team Essentials for AI
January 11, 2030 - July 26, 2025
Google UX Design Certificate
January 11, 2030 - July 26, 2025
IBM Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner
January 11, 2030 - July 26, 2025
IBM Team Essentials for AI
January 11, 2030 - July 26, 2025
IBM Enterprise Design Thinking (Google UX Certificate)
January 11, 2030 - January 9, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Healthcare, Education, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment

Experience Level

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