Hey, I’m Syed. Product designer by title, design engineer by habit,
usually thinking, “I can probably build this.” Building an AI-first Islamic bank at Mal.
For the past 8 years, I’ve designed fintech and mobility products at scale, including work at Revolut and experiences used by 70M+ people.
Experience
MalAI-first Islamic bankDec 2025 - Now
Product Designer
Leading the core banking squad, after earlier work across AI, PFM and credit. Also design system governance, and rapid prototyping in Claude Code to validate direction with internal and external testers early.
RevolutFinancial crime prevention at scaleApr - Oct 2025
Product Designer
Designed 16 FinCrime flows across scams, fraud, AML and sanctions for the Retail and Business apps, work presented to the CEO, plus the internal CDD tooling compliance teams use to investigate cases.
Majid Al FuttaimSHARE Rewards: wallet, cards and loyalty2022 - 2024
Senior Product Designer
Led product design for SHARE Rewards through hypergrowth, to 1.4 billion points redeemed and $38.5M revenue. Shipped the digital wallet, digital and physical gift cards, Tabby BNPL, and the FAB SHARE credit card application.
SadaPayPakistan’s fastest-growing mobile bank2021 - 2022
Product Designer
Owned end-to-end design for core features, including the Biometric Verification System that cleared a compliance bottleneck blocking growth, plus Request Money, mobile top-ups and bill payments.
CareemCareem Plus and Careem Food, via VentureDive2021
UX Designer
Embedded with Careem’s core design team on two growth areas, Careem Plus subscriptions and Careem Food, for 48 million users across 13 countries. Built reusable component libraries adopted platform-wide.
Work
Financial crime prevention at Revolut
Apr - Oct 2025Designed 16 financial crime processes across scams, fraud, AML, sanctions and screening for the Retail and Business apps, plus the internal case-review tooling compliance teams work in. Presented to the CEO.
Careem Plus
Jan 2021 - Oct 2021One subscription across rides, food and bikes for 48M users in 13 countries. I designed how members onboard and find their benefits, reaching 73% second-month retention, then took the programme beyond Careem’s own services to offline retailers when acquisition stalled at 2.8% against a 7% target.