Diparati Sen

Work experience

1. 2025 – Present

   Product Designer — Redgate

   Flyway — database DevOps · Cambridge, UK (hybrid)

   • Design and build AI and agentic capabilities for Flyway: led the research and design behind the Flyway MCP server, shipped in v13.0.0.
   • Ran hands-on technical friction research on the MCP server — installing, configuring, and stress-testing it across platforms — surfacing packaging, configuration-merge, and OS security issues directly to engineering.
   • Opened pull requests into the product codebase and built a reusable Claude skill that lets non-technical designers create PRs independently, shared company-wide.
   • Co-built “Blast Radius” during Innovation Week: an AI-powered migration risk-scoring engine using PostgreSQL’s EXPLAIN and Claude Code; published a blog article on the build.
   • Designed Flyway Desktop’s Code Review UI — violations panel, rule configuration, severity system — and partnered with engineers on feasibility, scoping which analysis rules could run earlier in the workflow.
   • Extended the Figma design pattern library to cover the Flyway CLI, bringing design-system thinking to terminal UX.
   • Led enterprise customer research (payments, fintech, energy) that set Flyway’s AI roadmap, synthesised for product and group leadership.

2. 10/2024 – Present

   User Researcher (Freelance) — Askable

   London, United Kingdom

   • Conduct freelance research for Genomics England studies, interviewing Bengali-speaking mothers on newborn whole genome sequencing materials.
   • Design and test A/B flows and stimuli to improve comprehension and engagement for participants with limited English proficiency.

3. 09/2022 – 10/2024

   UX Engineer — Adsum Technologies

   B2B fintech platform · London, United Kingdom

   • Designed and developed user interfaces for a new B2B fintech platform, integrating UX design and front-end development end-to-end.
   • Implemented responsive, accessible interfaces in React and Angular, ensuring a seamless experience across devices and browsers.
   • Prototyped and iterated on low- and high-fidelity wireframes in Figma, validating concepts through interviews and usability testing.
   • Optimised the user journey and front-end performance, contributing to a 65.7% increase in new account registrations and a significant boost in conversion rates.

4. 09/2018 – 09/2021

   UX Designer — Cisco Systems

   Chennai, India

   • Designed and refined interfaces for Cisco’s internal collaboration tools, improving usability and accessibility for global teams.
   • Led user research — interviews and A/B testing — to identify pain points and gather actionable insights for design improvements.
   • Contributed to a major overhaul of Cisco’s customer-facing dashboard, resulting in a 40% reduction in support tickets and a 25% increase in user satisfaction scores.

5. 07/2016 – 09/2018

   Front-end Developer — Cisco Systems

   Chennai, India

   • Developed responsive web applications in React and Angular with full cross-browser compatibility.
   • Implemented WCAG accessibility features and optimised performance through lazy loading, code splitting, and caching — a 30% reduction in page load times.
   • Participated in code reviews and pair programming to maintain high code quality across the team.

Education

• 10/2021 – 10/2022

  MSc in Human Computer Interaction

  University of Bath, UK

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  B.Tech in Computer Science and Technology

  Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (formerly WBUT), India

Voluntary engagements

• Speaker — Level Up, Redgate’s internal tech conference: delivered a talk on navigating imposter syndrome in the AI era.
• Guest Lecturer — University of Bath: lectures and workshops on UX/UI design for the Mobile and Pervasive Systems module.
• Speaker & Podcast Guest — Women Talk Design, Ladies That UX.
• Global Events Lead & Regional Creative Lead — Cisco Systems, ECN ERO.