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Shyani is building Connectivity @ Mercedes Benz — yes, the car company. No, she can't get you a discount.

I design enterprise,
fintech, and mobility
products used at scale.

Blending UX strategy, strong craft, and business impact — currently designing in-car and connected experiences at Mercedes-Benz R&D. Occasionally I also make toast, but that's a different kind of UX.

500+ support tickets fixed. Zero cars crashed. 🏎️

Selected Work

Case studies & projects

All work
Fyle Bulk Mileage case study
FintechExpense ManagementCase Study
Fyle — Bulk Mileage Expense Report
500+ users were furiously filing mileage expenses by hand. Some were reportedly using Excel. Nobody was okay. I fixed it in 6 weeks — research, ideation, prototyping, shipped.
500+ complaint tickets resolved in one month.
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Connectivity @ Mercedes-Benz R&D
MobilityConnected CarEnterprise
Connectivity @ Mercedes-Benz R&D
Designing in-car and connected experiences for millions of vehicles. It's a lot of pressure. The cars are also very fast.
Shipped in production vehicles globally.
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0 → 1SaaSMobile AppFlutterCase Study
Hoshaksham — From one yoga teacher to a live product
One user interview with Priya — a yoga teacher drowning in payment spreadsheets — became a full subscription management SaaS. Figma to Flutter. Zero spreadsheets required. MVP shipped in 8 weeks.
8wk
interview to shipped alpha
1
user interview
100+
downloads
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Hoshaksham app dashboard
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Listen to the story. Reading is so last decade.
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How I work

Process, not magic.
(Although sometimes it feels like magic. I take full credit.)

01
Understand the problem
I start by talking to users and stakeholders — not just to gather data, but because listening first is how you avoid designing solutions to the wrong problem. (Hard lesson. Learned it the fun way.)
02
Frame with clarity
A well-framed problem is half the solution. I write clear problem statements, define success metrics, and align the team before any pixels move. Yes, before.
03
Explore with intent
I explore multiple directions with lo-fi flows, test assumptions early, and cut ruthlessly based on evidence — not aesthetics, opinion, or whoever spoke last in the standup.
04
Ship & learn
I treat the first release as a hypothesis. I track metrics, synthesise feedback, and push for the next iteration. Design doesn't stop at handoff — unlike my attention span during all-hands meetings.

* No designers were harmed in the making of these processes. Several sticky notes were.

About

The person behind the pixels

Shyani Pal
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Currently at
Mercedes-Benz R&D · Bengaluru
🎲 Fun fact: Shyani has shipped products used by more people than have read this sentence.

I help teams make better decisions through design.(I also have opinions about font sizes. Everyone knows.)

I'm Shyani — a product designer with 4+ years of experience across enterprise mobility, fintech, and consumer apps. I'm currently designing in-car and connected experiences at Mercedes-Benz R&D in Bengaluru, where my commute and my job description are ironically disconnected.

My approach is commercially aware and pragmatic. I work closely with PMs and engineers, push back when needed, and ship work I'm proud of. I'm not precious about ideas — I care about outcomes. (My stakeholders appreciate this. Mostly.)

I'm actively exploring Senior Product Designer roles at ambitious startups and scale-ups across the UK — whether in London, hybrid, or fully remote. If you're building something meaningful and occasionally chaotic, we'll get along.

Speciality
End-to-End Product Design
Tools
Figma · Framer · Maze
Sectors
Mobility · Fintech · SaaS
Availability
Open to UK opportunities
Made with
...and a dangerous amount of caffeine.
🎨
Figma
UI design & prototyping
💜
Lovable
AI-assisted dev
🔺
Google Antigravity
Motion & animation
🐙
GitHub
Version control
Let's talk

Building something
worth getting right?

I'm currently looking for Senior Product Designer roles at ambitious startups and scale-ups across the UK. If you're working on a meaningful problem (or a mildly chaotic one — I don't judge), let's talk.

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Response time: usually within 24 hrs. Unless it's Monday morning, in which case: 26 hrs.