CV · 2026

Jithin
Rajagopal

Lead Product Strategist | Designer & Systems Architect
Hardware-to-Cloud
Zero-to-One
Enterprise SaaS
Bangalore, India
Hardware-to-SaaS Operator
Production-grade systems shipped across both physical and digital domains. One role, both sides of the divide.
Commercial Logic Architect
Authored the business rules layer — discount stacking, GST pipelines, pricing mechanics. UX that directly defends unit economics.
Zero-to-One Founding Operator
Core team. Whitespace to production spec. Strategic, operational, and design ownership held simultaneously.
C-Suite Interface
Orchestrated delivery across 9+ engineers while reporting directly to executive stakeholders. Strategy and execution, not one or the other.
Co-Inventor · Indian Utility Patent App.
Conceived, designed, and delivered a novel IoT mobility architecture from the ground up. Named on the resulting patent application.
Executive Summary
Systems thinker. Commercial architect. Founding operator.

Architecting the kind of product infrastructure that survives contact with reality — from hostile warehouse floors to complex enterprise SaaS ecosystems. Operating seamlessly across the hardware-software divide, I bridge physical constraints, commercial business logic, and engineering delivery under a unified strategic vision. Across restaurant operating systems, D2C commerce engines, and IoT mobility fleets, the overarching mandate remains identical: converting profound domain complexity into elegant platforms that defend unit economics, scale cleanly, and ship to specification.

Career
Professional Experience
Etailify Technologies
Lead Product Designer & Strategist — Founding Team
Headless Commerce OS · Enterprise D2C · Bangalore
Dec 2024 – Nov 2025
Strategic GTM Pivot
Diagnosed that 80%+ GMV derived from a minority of enterprise clients, exposing SMB as an economically negative drag. Redesigned the full product architecture around enterprise operational complexity as the primary moat — before a single line of code was written.
0→1 Orchestration
Architected the complete commercial logic for the headless commerce MVP — order routing workflows, multi-type catalogue management, partner dashboard CRUD governance, and discounting rules for enterprise scale across a 4-person pod.
OMS State Machine
Defined full order lifecycle from placement to post-delivery resolution with granular conditional branching for returns, in-transit validation, warehouse receipt, and divergent refund/replacement paths. Delivered zero-ambiguity specs enabling compliant, auditable records at enterprise scale.
Commercial Logic
Authored PRDs covering multi-discount clubbing rules, invoice-level GST calculation flows, and upfront display logic — serving as the single source of truth for engineering, BD, and onboarding simultaneously.
UCMS Scope
Benchmarked Meta CAPI and Google Enhanced Conversions to define the full product scope for a Universal Campaign Management System module, resolving cross-platform attribution gaps for D2C merchants. Phased roadmap scoped for V2 execution.
Explorex Technologies
Senior UX Designer
YC-Backed B2B2C Restaurant OS · High-Volume Hospitality · Bangalore
Feb 2022 – Oct 2024
Revenue Engineering
Designed the commercial logic for a dynamic AOV-based tiered pricing and discounting engine — the primary product mechanism behind a 35% lift in merchant revenue across enterprise restaurant partners.
Platform V2
Led the full V2 Enterprise OS across five core surfaces — Bridge MPOS, Partner Backend, KDS, QR Ordering, and Elite B2C — converting a founder-built POS into a structured, enterprise-grade platform deployed live across major Indian metros.
B2C Scaling
Orchestrated transition from static QR menus to a fully integrated B2C application with LTV-driven loyalty systems, scaling to 44K+ downloads with a 4★ Android rating.
Ops Digitisation
Translated physical kitchen constraints into a recipe-mapped inventory and variance reporting flow, eliminating cross-platform data silos and reducing manual EOD stock reconciliation by 90%.
Financial Systems
Defined business logic for multi-owner settlement pipelines including POs, split GRNs, and complex internal stock transfers. Architected vendor management with automated contract generation triggered by inventory thresholds.
Enterprise Adoption
Peak-hour field shadowing translated into streamlined digital workflows that reduced support tickets by 40% and cut partner onboarding time by 50%.
Greendzine Technologies
Product Owner & Product Designer
Hardware-SaaS IoT Mobility · Enterprise Warehouse Logistics · Bangalore
Aug 2017 – May 2019
Amazon Pilot
Originated the SNAIL concept from first principles via warehouse end-user research. Designed bi-directional chassis to navigate 900mm aisles — a constraint derived from Amazon facility surveys. Achieved a 38% picking efficiency increase during live Amazon pilot, integrated with proprietary Algorithmic Route Optimisation and WMS connectivity.
0→1 HW-SW Arch.
Directed full-lifecycle industrial design from concept through prototyping, manufacturing, and multi-city deployment. Personally commissioned 10 SNAIL units across 3 Indian cities; fleet scaled to 100+ units by 2023 — Greendzine's best-selling product.
Patent Co-Invention
Named Co-Inventor on published Indian Utility Patent Application (No. 201941000584) for novel bi-directional chassis design and integrated picking system architecture.
V2 Leadership
Promoted to Product Owner to architect V2 system incorporating failure analysis and field feedback. Managed 9+ engineers across hardware, harness, firmware, and embedded systems. Held full architectural authority over BOM and quality-gate approval over vendor selection.
Telemetry & Reliability
Embedded telemetry and intelligent LED fault sequences achieved ~95% remote resolution, eliminating costly physical technician dispatch. Operator onboarding reduced to <1 hour through UX designed for zero prior driving experience.
Available · Bangalore, India

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