Hi, I’m Anuja Harsha Nimmagadda — I know it’s a mouthful! You can call me Anu. I’m a Senior Product Designer who’s job hunting, whilst also having fun building products/apps with Claude Code for my everyday use.
I’m job hunting because I was laid off in a restructuring. It wasn’t a place I wanted to leave.
Most people looking to hire a Senior Product Designer often have a couple of questions running through their heads.
Well, since you’ve stumbled onto my profile, I’m sure you have questions starting with —
How do I know if she’s good at her job?
Truth is, there’s no 30-second version that will tell you if I’m good at my job. That’s what interviews are for. You’re here to find out if I’m someone good enough to be interviewed. Genuinely, the only way you’ll find that out is by having a conversation with me.
But even for that, you need to gauge whether or not I’m worth a conversation. Right?
So how will you do that?
Well, the only thing I can tell you about myself in a few seconds, to help you make that decision, is this —
I’m the kind of person who can’t help but get obsessed when I stumble onto something genuinely interesting — a domain, a product, a problem; it can be anything. I literally immerse myself in it fully. I’m persistent and relentless that way.
It essentially becomes my shiny new toy. And soon I’ll master that toy and add it to my skillset, until I find something genuinely interesting again. It doesn’t happen as often as you would think. Thrice in 14 years.
And what fun these 14 years have been. The three shiny toys I obsessed over in that time each build upon the experience gained from the previous one, and it keeps getting better.
It started with the iPhone 4S being my shiny new toy, and the GUI kits and iOS design in Photoshop and its pen tool obsession days. Then it was B2B enterprise stuff. And audit workflows. Dashboards. Basically B2B enterprise SaaS. And now it’s Claude Code and agentic AI workflows and security and permissions around autonomous AI agents.
Because, to be honest, if I hadn’t found those iOS GUI kits interesting, gotten obsessed with and mastered them back then, I wouldn’t be here designing workflows for AI agents or B2B enterprises.
And it’s like WHHAAAAAAAT when you look back at where I started from. It’s funny, and at the same time it feels like WOW.
Since you read through that, feel free to move on. If you’re still curious or have not made up your mind, please read further.
Would she be a good fit for the job I’m hiring for?
Depends on the job. Here’s where I’m strong, and where I’m not.
So far, the domains I’ve had experience working in are Enterprise B2B SaaS, where the stuff is complex and perplexing. Data and BI platforms, ML workflows. NLQ interfaces. Financial audit workflows. RBAC. Admin consoles, permissions, policy, audit. B2B2C or B2B products are more my thing.
That all mostly came from being hired for platform modernization and feature enhancements, designing for scale — where you build a structure for, say, 100 rooms, but you architect it in a way that lets you expand to another 100 rooms. I’m good with those.
A few things that came out of that work —
- Five fragmented systems rebuilt into one · ReportCaster
- Adoption rose 25% on a new model and redesign · Explore Data · NLQ
- A 12–15-click workflow became four steps · ML Functions
- Three scattered AI tools unified into one hub · IQ Hub · built, awaiting release
That platform was named Best in Class in Dresner Advisory Services’ 2025 Industry Excellence Awards, one of the BI industry’s highest honors.
Also good with zero-to-one internal tools that have to survive real use. I built most of them for myself and my daily use, and during my early iPhone 4S-era career phase.
You shouldn’t be hiring me for consumer branding, marketing sites, or visual design work.
Still interested? Then let’s talk about my current shiny new toy — and probably every designer’s too.
Where’s she at with AI?
Claude Code, and learning about AI observability, governance, transparency, trust, autonomous agents, and all the stuff that’s currently all over social media — LinkedIn, Substack, Medium, and a bunch of AI newsletters.
I built a product called Warden, an authorization platform for autonomous AI agents. It was my way of learning observability. The curiosity started with a potential Datadog interview. Initially, it was to test the waters and build a demo for that interview, but I kept building upon it; I couldn’t help myself. And as I leaned into it, I realized my instincts are very permission-based, which sits well with the structure of observability platforms.
Today, it monitors the products I built, including my portfolio website. I also built a mini version of a Google Analytics dashboard into Warden for the site, one that caters to my specific needs. In 14 years of design, this security stuff is something I’d never explored or even thought about — and now it’s become my shiny new toy. And I happened to pick the perfect obsession for the current market.
I use Claude Code almost every day now. Four products designed and shipped end-to-end with it. I built the PRDs in Claude chat, refined the architecture, gave visual direction, and fixed UX mid-development. I also use Cowork to generate a job board that finds relevant jobs for me to apply to.
And no — I’m not a founder. I’m a product designer who’s suddenly feeling empowered to build stuff she’s wanted to build for years but didn’t know how to code. So, me building these products is me pushing my boundaries and finding out what I’m capable of. And it’s a type of addiction that even caffeine can’t beat.
About the products I built — you can check them here. They’re live.
At the end of the day, it’s all about learning, building, mastering, and moving along with the industry. And the trick is — a hundred things are happening, and you need to find the one that makes you tick. Don’t blindly learn something because the industry tells you to.
Now that you’ve read this too, do read the one below before moving on.
What is she like?
No ego. No BS. And I don’t wait.
I ask about whatever I’m curious about. I’d rather look stupid than nod along to something I don’t actually understand, or design something I don’t know.
I audit my own work in the sandbox, on video, over and over — and hand the whole audit to QA.
When something stalls, I find out who’s blocked and why, get the right people in one room, and push until it moves. If that means going to someone at the top, I start with my manager and ask for the reasoning — through people, not around them.
Don’t take it from me — take it from the people who worked with me.
“The other designers just gave designs. But you sat with us. That’s why I trust you.”
Marcus Horbach, Ph.D. · Principal Data Scientist
“She impressed everyone with how quickly she grasped all aspects of a highly intricate system.”
Yingchun Chen · Principal Engineer — who built ReportCaster decades ago
“A standout design leader who brings clarity, collaboration, and strategic impact.”
Vijay Raman · VP of Product Management
Open to Senior and Staff product design roles — remote, hybrid, or on-site.
Salt Lake City, and open to relocating for the right role.
On work authorization: I can work without sponsorship starting October 2026. My H-4 EAD arrives by the end of September at the latest — my lawyers have given that timeline. And if you’d rather sponsor an H-1B, I’m cap-exempt, so there’s no lottery and it can be filed any time of year.
hello@anujaharsha.com