About Hamzio

I turn the messy inputs of real work into clean, intelligent output.

I'm Hamza — a product designer who also ships the code. Hamzio is my independent practice where I bring 17+ years of design craft, modern engineering, and AI together to build things that actually work: products, automations, and agentic workflows that keep paying off long after launch.

Founded by Hamza Shaikh · 17+ years across design & engineering
The name is the method

Input. Intelligence. Output.

Hamzio comes from Hamza + I/O — input and output. It's more than a name; it's how every engagement works. I take the messy inputs of a real business — the data, the tools, the manual steps, the half-formed ambition — and engineer the cleanest path to the output that actually matters.

I started by hand-coding websites in Mumbai, spent a decade shipping enterprise products and analytics platforms inside Publicis Groupe, then went independent to bring design, engineering, and AI under one roof. No handoff gaps, no buzzword theatre — just the work, done well and shipped fast.

Today Hamzio works with SMEs who want to move like a top product team, and enterprises that need someone who can translate complex requirements into working software — without a committee in the middle.

hamzio · how I work
Input
Input
research · design · build · automate
Output
Hamza Shaikh — Founder of Hamzio
Founder

Hamza Shaikh

Senior Product Designer · Design Engineer · UI/UX Lead — 17+ yrs

I'm a product builder who both designs and ships. Over 17 years I've taken digital products all the way — from the first conversation with a client through discovery, UX, design systems, and production Next.js/React code, with no handoff gaps in between.

My enterprise decade inside Publicis Groupe delivered analytics dashboards and digital products for clients including L'Oréal, P&G, Nutella, and ITC. I also design Gulf-facing, bilingual Arabic/RTL interfaces for UAE and KSA clients — and I've been mentoring UX designers since 2013.

Mumbai, India · Remote-readyPG, UX/UI Design — UT Austin100+ products shippedMentoring designers since 2013Gulf / Arabic RTL · UAE & KSA clients
Why I started this

Mission & vision.

01Mission

Senior design, engineering & AI — within reach.

Put the kind of product craft once reserved for big in-house teams within reach of any business — turning the messy inputs of real work into clean, intelligent output that compounds over time.

02Vision

Intelligence built in, not bolted on.

A world where any SME can ship like a top product team — where AI is part of the foundation of what gets built from day one, and great output keeps paying off long after launch.

How I operate

Principles I build by.

Drawn from how the work actually gets done — not a poster on the wall.

/ 01

Design & engineering, one craft

The person who designs your product also builds it. Figma-to-code with no translation lost between strategy and delivery.

/ 02

AI-native by default

AI is a first-class material — used where it compounds value through automation and assisted build, left out where it doesn't.

/ 03

Direct, end-to-end

From problem framing to production. I own the whole journey — no chain of handoffs, no translation gaps between intent and outcome.

/ 04

Bias to ship

Tighter design–engineering collaboration has cut development cycles by up to 80%. Real output in weeks, not quarters.

/ 05

Built on proportion

Interfaces and identity engineered with care — including logos constructed on the golden ratio — built to age well.

/ 06

Accessible by default

WCAG 2.1, responsive across mobile, tablet, and web, with 95%+ design-to-dev fidelity. Quality that holds up everywhere.

What I bring

Skills & toolset.

The full stack — from research and systems thinking to production code and automation.

Design & Product
UI/UX DesignInteraction DesignInformation ArchitectureDesign SystemsUser ResearchJourney MappingWireframing & PrototypingWCAG 2.1 AccessibilityDashboard & Data-Dense UIMVP Planning
Frontend Engineering
Next.jsReactTypeScriptTailwind CSSHTML5 / CSS3JavaScript ES6+Figma-to-CodeResponsive DesignComponent Libraries
Automation & AI
n8nZapierMake.comREST APIsGraphQLFirebaseSupabaseWhatsApp / Telegram BotsAI-assisted developmentAgentic workflows
Tools
FigmaAdobe XDMiroGit / GitHubVercelVS CodeCursor IDEHotjarMazeChrome DevTools
The road here

Seventeen years of building.

2008 — 2010

First web & design roles

GurukulOnline · Network Computers Online · Mumbai

Started from scratch — print, brochures, and hand-coded websites before frameworks made it easy.

2010 — 2012

Senior Web Designer & Developer

Estate Solutions (UK)

Delivered end-to-end projects for UK real estate clients — planning, design, build, test, and deploy.

2012 — 2014

Lead Web Designer & Developer

Concept Communication

Led a web team and launched brand sites including Divine Solitaires from scratch.

2014

Lead UX Designer

Ripple Media

Designed intranet products and apps for Birla and Reliance.

2014 — 2024

UX/UI Designer → Manager, UX/UI Design

Performics.Convonix · Publicis Groupe

A decade in enterprise. Built analytics dashboards for L'Oréal, P&G, and Nutella.

2024 — 2025

Chief Product Officer

Swimwell Pools India

Owned product end-to-end across iOS, Android, and web.

2024 — 2025

Post-Graduate, UX/UI Design

University of Texas at Austin — GPA 4/5

Formalised data-driven product design for business applications.

2025 — Present

Hamzio

Independent · AI-native practice

Brought design, engineering, and AI under one roof. Input → intelligent output.

17+Years in design & engineering
100+Digital products shipped
80%Faster development cycle
95%+Design-to-dev fidelity
Work with me

Let's turn your input into intelligent output.

Tell me what you're trying to build or automate. I'll come back with a clear plan, a timeline, and a first step I can act on immediately.