Location: Portland, OR, USA (PT)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Figma, design systems, information architecture, accessibility (WCAG), user research and synthesis; popular front-end frameworks such as React and Angular, plus Node.js, Tailwind CSS, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Vercel, and Claude Code for AI-assisted frontend prototyping

Résumé/CV: https://www.macpattinikutti.com | https://docs.google.com/document/d/13pk46sg19TNAydSHjZlMqL7S...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macpattinikutti

Email: macpattinikutti@gmail.com

Outcome-driven product designer with 10+ years across regulated industries and complex, data-dense systems. My work spans fintech and multiple Fortune 500 platforms in media, beverage, and semiconductor, from consumer-facing flows to internal operational tooling.

The interesting part isn't whether the machine has a mind, it's how quickly it exposes that we were never too sure what ours is either.

Wrote something about this same dynamic as a fable a few weeks ago. https://www.immaculateconstellation.info/the-pond-of-golden-...

Very interesting.

I explored a related angle on how AI challenges our assumptions about self and awareness.

https://www.immaculateconstellation.info/why-ai-challenges-u...

Same, been a product designer for years, still love design deep down but the essence is somehow not there anymore. reading this hit different. It's refreshing to see someone put it into words instead of the usual "stuff".

It lines up a lot with what I've been thinking as well and this is what I wrote today on my blog. https://www.immaculateconstellation.info/why-ai-challenges-u...

If these witnesses who have served and defended our country are lying under oath, Pentagon has all the means to prosecute them for misleading the congress, the senate and the public.

Watch this 5 min clip for additional context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FrloSlst1A