Akshay DeshpandeEngineer turned designer
Akshay Deshpande
I recently led design for NGINX web server products at F5, Inc. I build complex, technical products and design systems from the ground up in the B2B SaaS space.
Designing NGINX One from blank canvas to launch in four months
One console to monitor, manage and secure a whole fleet of NGINX servers, with an AI assistant that explains complex configurations.
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An infrastructure platform and its design system
Figma design + code + documentation for the design system. The 0→1 Composer platform reached $1M ARR in year one. View case study →
Honest building reviews for Australian renters
Designed around Australia's defamation laws. I took it from PRD to working prototype with Claude Code, Figma MCP and a multi-agent design critique. View case study →
What colleagues say
“A phenomenal partner in product design, asking questions others on the team weren't even thinking about.”
“What stood out to me as a technical writer was how open, collaborative and patient Akshay was... NGINX One is a better product because of his thoughtful, user-centered design work.”
Wanted a designer who can also build it? You found one.
I've held all of these roles professionally, shipping production code for years before getting into design. As a result, I act as great design partner to engineering teams, and I can prototype in real code to speeden development cycles.
- Product designerThe experience
- UX engineerSystems & components
- Front-end engineerThe interface
- Back-end engineerAPIs & data