Hire a designer who ships the version that survives.
Vinoth Kumar Manickam — Lead / Staff Product Designer.11+ years shipping enterprise software, fintech and AI products. Most recently Lead UX Designer for MUSE at Fannie Mae.
Available for full-time Lead and Staff Product Designer opportunities in enterprise software, fintech, AI-enabled products, developer tools, and regulated systems.
Full-time Lead and Staff roles.
I am pursuing full-time employment as a Lead or Staff Product Designer. I work best where the product is complex, the stakes are measurable, and design is expected to ship evidence, not just polish.
- Enterprise software
- Fintech & payments
- AI-enabled products
- Developer tools
- Regulated systems
Based in Austin, Texas. Open to remote, hybrid, or onsite arrangements for the right full-time role.
Available now for full-time W-2 employment. Authorized to work in the U.S.
Enterprise. Fintech. AI.
Enterprise product design
Multi-stakeholder workflows, role-based access, governance and audit surfaces — turned into tools people actually open. MUSE at Fannie Mae, fleet management at Esper, Jira/Confluence at Atlassian.
Fintech product design
Payments, investing, retirement, developer-facing fintech APIs. PayPal Developer Portal and AI-powered authorization tooling.
AI product design
Conversational AI in 6 languages, model-governance UX, confidence and lineage displays, human-in-the-loop review patterns. The Systemic Design Method is my framework for AI inside regulated organizations.
Questions before we talk.
What roles are you targeting?
Full-time Lead or Staff Product Designer roles on complex enterprise, fintech, developer, or AI-enabled products.
Where are you based and how do you work?
Austin, TX on Central Time. Available for onsite, hybrid, or remote teams.
Are you authorized to work in the U.S.?
Yes, I am authorized to work in the U.S.
What is your most recent role?
Lead UX Designer at Fannie Mae, Jul 2023 to Aug 2026 — sole product designer for MUSE, the enterprise model risk management platform, partnering with product, engineering, validators and model-risk governance.
Have a role worth shipping right?
Tell me the team, the product, and the problem. I reply within a business day with whether it is a fit and what the next step looks like.
Email address:vinothm856@gmail.com
Austin, TX · Central Time · Onsite, hybrid, or remote