siddharth s. jha

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Stealth EV Charging App
software for charging electric vehicles

I designed this Canadian EV charging company’s initial consumer and B2B software UIs for smartphones, web and kiosks. Worked closely with the Sr VP and lead engineer, iterating on over 80+ views. Additionally assisted in product spec-ing, prioritization and roadmapping.

Consumer app: Features included sign up, onboarding, search & discovery of public chargers on a map, connecting to private and public chargers, reserving a charger, scheduling, real-time charge statistics, wallet functionality, offline model, account mgmt and more.

B2B app: Managing EV chargers & stations, including ops mgmt, uptime monitoring, revenue dashboard, account mgmt and customer analytics.

when: Jun 2023-May 2024
platform: iOS, Android, hardware
for: commercial real estate firm with $1bn in assets under mgmt
my contribution: design, product mgmt
Insurtech Startup
Y Combinator-backed insurtech startup

I led a major UI refresh of Kitchener/Waterloo-based online insurance product targeting consumers and businesses alike, backed by Y Combinator (YC Winter ‘22) & institutional VCs. Worked closely with the CEO, product & data science leads to improve positioning and measurement to get co closer to product-market fit.

when: Mar 2023-Dec 2023
platform: web, mobile
for: insurtech startup
my contribution: design, product mgmt, product mktg
Plot HQ
B2B hiring app for small businesses

B2B startup building tools for small businesses to publish a mini mobile site for hiring; and a candidate-side app for viewing job listings at small businesses near you. It was built to remagine hiring for the Fortune 5,000,000.

plothq.com on archive.org app demo

when: Sep-Nov 2022
platform: iOS
competitors: instawork, indeed, homebase, humi, breezyhr
my contribution: design, product mgmt, product mktg and engineering

Plot
visual resume tool+network

Plot was a consumer mobile app that let people publish a portfolio of their work online within minutes. It was designed to reinvent the resume.

The product went through several design iterations for almost 2 years:

Iteration 1: A web+mobile portfolio tool merging professional & personal experiences, with a network built around it. iOS demo

Iteration 2: A one-page bio with basic info and embedded Instagram & YouTube content. iOS demo

Iteration 3: A “link-in-bio” app letting people publish a bio and links, eventually spun into seperate app WhoThis.

Iteration 4: A highlights of your work app, built in the style of Instagram Highlights. iOS demo

Iteration 5: A block-based visual resume built as a document editor (a Notion-like tool for your resume). iOS demo

Iteration 6: An end-to-end career management tool for job search with job shortlisting, resume blocks editor and career OKR tracker. The idea was to build an operating system for your career. landing page


plot.bio on archive.org

when: 2020-2022
platform: iOS
competitors: linkedin, polywork, contra, read.cv
my contribution: design, engineering, product mgmt & product mktg






   
WhoThis
link-in-bio app

WhoThis is a mobile link-in-bio app that lets anyone easily publish a professional-looking digital, shareable bio online.

App Store link 

when: 2021
platform: iOS
competitors: linktree, beacons, hoobe, koji
for: plot inc. / plot network inc.
my contribution: design, engineering, product mgmt & product mktg