I am currently an Interaction Designer at Google. Earlier, I was a design lead at Hike Messenger, working to help Indians have rich and meaningful interactions with others. Before that, I was leading design at Univariety, where I built platforms to help school students in Asia get admission into their dream university. Long ago, I was the only designer at PlayUp India, making apps to enable sports fans to have social interactions with other fans.

I have always been interested in staying fit, being a competitive athlete during my college. I still prefer short, fast sprints over long, slow jogs, and a good cardio over a strength workout. In my spare time, I can be found tinkering with a variety of Rubik's cubes, or clicking photographs with any camera I can lay my hands on, or (not really) checking off my reading list.

I currently live in Hyderabad, India with my beautiful wife and two adorable children. My wife spoils my diet with confectioneries from her own bakery and my children make sure that I burn all the calories from the bakery in no time.

Get in touch at junaid.iitk@gmail.com