Nikita E Joseph
Senior UX Designer · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
Senior UX Designer with 4+ years designing trading and investing products at FYERS, promoted twice and handpicked for the CXO’s Innovation Lab. Shipped 10+ products, including Portfolio, Option Chain and a Partner Dashboard built with the CEO and CXO. Designed and built FYERS Academy as a working Android app in 3 months with AI-assisted development.
Work experience
Senior UX Designer, FYERS
Apr 2025 – Present- Handpicked by the CXO to join the Innovation Lab as UX researcher and designer.
- Designed and built FYERS Academy, a fully working Android app, in 3 months: front-end design from scratch, developed with Claude Code, Claude Design, VS Code and GitHub, with thumb-reachable navigation and light and dark mode throughout.
- Designed “Learn by Doing”, a risk-free practice simulator built on real past market scenarios, and merged it into FYERS Academy to pair structured lessons with hands-on practice.
- Led primary and secondary research and end-to-end design for an advisory product (paused due to shifting business priorities).
- Interviewed candidates and helped hire 3 to 4 designers into the team.
UX Designer II, FYERS
Jan 2024 – Mar 2025- Led Portfolio (positions and holdings) design across mobile and web, from wireframes to developer handoff.
- Contributed to the Watchlist revamp, introducing tags and pinning.
- Designed Single and Multi Order Windows on charts for faster trading actions.
- Built the Home and Overview dashboard to improve navigation.
- Designed a 30-day challenge streak mechanic and a trading journal that pulls users’ trades from FYERS charts and tags them as profit or loss.
UX Designer I, FYERS
Jul 2022 – Dec 2023- Designed the Partner Dashboard directly with the CEO and CXO: one platform for partners to track accounts, clients and earnings, with help and ticketing, onboarding, thumb-zone layout and light and dark mode.
- Designed the My Account app from wireframes to working prototypes over 6 to 8 months, including Gift Stocks, Minor Accounts and Address Modification.
- Designed Onboarding, Open Account, Funds, Option Chain and Advanced Screeners, all shipped to live users with one-handed use built in.
- Designed the News experience (standalone and in-portfolio) and contributed to the Noticeboard.
UI/UX and Graphic Design Intern, DeFiner
Jan – May 2022- Designed logos, web screens and mascots.
Honors and awards
- FYERS Force Award: best project, successfully launched.
- Exceptional Team Player Award: nominated by the entire design team.
Skills
Design: end-to-end product design, wireframing, user flows, interaction design, prototyping, design systems, thumb-zone and reachability design, light and dark mode
Research: user interviews, usability testing, primary and secondary research, insight analysis
Tools: Figma, FigJam, Framer, After Effects, Claude Code, Claude Design, VS Code, GitHub, ElevenLabs, HeyGen
Education
B.Tech, Electronics and Communication Engineering
Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru · 2017 – 2021 · CGPA 9.03
Project: BEAM, a student collaboration app. I worked on the UX and front end in a team of 5; 50+ students across 2 campuses used it.
Certifications
- NISM Series 7
- NISM Series 8
- Google UX Design
- Georgia Tech · Introduction to UX Design
- AI for Designers, IxDF
- The Design of Everyday Things, IxDF
