5+ years taking products from zero to production: research, design, and front-end code. Shipped POS for 32,000+ restaurants, scaled a platform to 160k users, and now build AI-native products end to end.
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I'm a design engineer. I design and build products end to end. I've shipped design systems adopted by 5 engineering teams, redesigned POS software serving 32,000+ restaurants, and taken AI-powered SaaS products from a blank canvas to working product, designing in Figma and building in React/TypeScript in the same sprint.
Most designers hand off files. Most engineers wait for specs. I do both, and I bring a founder's instinct to every project because I've been one. I stay until the product ships, the metrics move, and users stop complaining.
When I'm not shipping pixels, I'm watching F1. The precision engineering, split-second strategy, and relentless iteration resonate with how I build products. Same energy, different track.
I built an AI agent that audits any product's design, UX, and competitors in one run.
I used to spend 3 to 4 hours auditing a prospect's product before a first call: screenshots, competitor research, persona work, write-up. So I built an autonomous agent that does all of it in one run and ships a polished HTML report. It renders the live site with Playwright (desktop, mobile, full-page scroll segments), reads the actual pixels, builds real user personas, audits visual design and UX, runs a head-to-head competitor teardown, and closes with a prioritized recommendation list. What took half a day now runs while I'm on the intro call.
Founder of NexaForgeAI. Expert table host and speaker at Berlin AI product events.
Thank you for sharing your expertise with the participants at this event. It helped me. Very much appreciated!
From research to shipped code.
Product Designer (promoted from Associate)
Redesigned the POS platform used by 32,000+ restaurants across 4+ countries. CSAT improved about 17.4%. Onboarding time dropped about 30%. The design system was adopted by 5 product teams.
Founder & Design Engineer
An AI product built to challenge you, not flatter you. Talk to history's philosophers in real time, grounded in their actual works with cited sources. Designed, engineered, and deployed every layer.
Co-Founder & Chief Design Officer
Co-founded a digital poetry platform from zero and scaled it to 200k+ unique visitors, proving that niche communities can achieve real traction with the right product design and growth strategy.
Includes concept work, clearly labeled as such. Honest labeling builds trust.
Akash works quickly and thoughtfully. He contributed to the overall direction of the project, and his experience in product design made a noticeable impact in our meetings. His work consistently exceeded expectations and was always delivered on time.
Akash Azad is one of those rare designers who just gets it. Give him a vague idea and he'll turn it into something polished, intuitive, and genuinely impressive. He combines creativity with clarity, and his attention to detail is on another level.
Working with Akash has been genuinely smooth and reassuring. He simplifies complex problems into intuitive solutions and is always supportive, making it incredibly easy to align on requirements.
Akash was a pleasure to work with at UrbanPiper. As an engineering manager, I loved how he made my developers' lives easier. His designs were always technically feasible and well-thought-out. He'd jump into our sprint planning, understand constraints, and still deliver user experiences that our 32k+ restaurant partners loved. Solid designer, even better teammate.
Now: Building AI-native products as founder of NexaForgeAI in Berlin. Speaking at and hosting expert tables on AI product strategy. Open to senior design and design-engineering roles and select freelance projects.
Hiring for a senior design or design-engineering role, or need someone to take an idea from zero to one? I design, prototype, and ship in code. One email is all it takes.
