# Akhil Pokle

> Product Designer at DBS Bank

Location: Singapore, Singapore
Profile: https://flows.cv/akhilpokle

A driven and focused Product Designer

Dynamic and motivated professional with a proven record of managing projects from concept to completion both in an individual and in a team setting.

A frequent contributor at dev.to community with over 10,000+ readers, I write about how tech works and explain algorithm and  data-structures in simple language using real-life examples: dev.to/akhilpokle

Technical Skills:
Programming Languages: Java, JavaScript (ES6), HTML5, CSS.
Frameworks: jQuery, React, Node.js, REST. 
Databases: MongoDB, Firebase
Tools: Git, Github, Next.js, Mocha, Gulp, Webpack, docker.
Design: Figma, Adobe XD, incision, Framer.

## Work Experience
### SA - Product Designer @ DBS Bank
Jan 2022 – Present | Singapore
Jan 2025 - Present
- Currently working as a scout pilot helping an armada of product, business, and developers navigate GenAI use cases for DBS employees
- Contributing to designs for onemobile app.
- Operating as a professional unblocker by creating product mockups to help business teams with GenAI search convergence initiatives and shape product vision

Jan 2024 - Dec 2024
- Continued work on enhancing Intranet portal
- Led redesign of DBS-GPT, an internal secure GPT tool, rebuilding it from the ground up and delivering an intuitive, enhanced experience within 7 days
- Helped business teams visualize possibilities of improving search with help of GenAI and integrating it on intranet

Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
- Learned nuances of using the word “can” in different ways, helping me improve communication with stakeholders.
- Led designs for building Performance Cell admin tool which helps with management and operations of various squads and performance cells as part of larger MtJ initiatives within DBS.
- Conducted research for redesign of my intranet, conducted ideation workshops, 1:1 interviews and qualitative analysis to build product strategy and vision. 
- Led redesign of Intranet. 
- Contributed to Group Design DLS to accommodate for new features.
- Developed a comprehensive developer handoff system to help developers build accurate designs
- Got into code to resolve bugs. 
- Led designs for CBG digital dashboard, a comprehensive analytics tool for tracking various customer-facing metrics used by key executives in CBG space

Sep 2022 - Dec 2022
- Moved to Singapore
- Learning the ropes of working in one of Asia’s largest banks
- Collaborated for delivering MVP3 of HR-Workbench
- Helping out colleagues with stakeholder presentations

### UI Engineer @ Parallel
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Greater Bengaluru Area

### Product Designer @ Parallel
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022

### Tech Blogger @ DEV Community
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
I write about tech and how they work, along with tech I write about how Data Structures and ALgorithms work and how can one apply them in their projects or use them to solve problems. Recently I crossed 40000+ views on my articles.

### Freelance Web Designer and Developer @ Selfemployed
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Planning, creating, and coding internet sites and web pages.
Responsibilities of the job include:
• creating website designs
• producing sample sites
• meeting with clients to discuss requirements and project progress
• demonstrating and receiving feedback about draft sites
• keeping up to date with recent technological and software developments
• developing skills and expertise in appropriate software/programming languages such as HTML
• creating products that are user-friendly, effective and appealing
• digital retouching and image editing

Technologies : HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Redux, Firebase, Adobe XD, Figma, incision, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Illustrator.

### Associate Application Developer @ Accenture
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Bangalore
▹Developed and maintained code for in-house and client websites primarily using HTML, CSS, Sass, JavaScript, and jQuery
▹Communicated with UI team for developing Front-end components using React
▹Took part in Refactoring CSS, reduced file size from100kB to 15kB.
▹Responsible for creating Java enterprise application and microservices according to client requirements based on Spring Batch/Boot architecture.
▹Communicated with the team and built a Javascript tool for finding the shortest path between CTB to FTTN.
▹Implemented BFS along with a bidirectional search for determining the shortest path from source CTB to destination FTTN.


## Education
### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Computer Science
Visvesvaraya Technological University

### Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Science
JSSATE

### STUDENT in science
Smt Gyan Dham High School

### St. Xaviers High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/akhil-pokle
- Portfolio: https://akhilp96.github.io/

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Last updated: 2026-03-31