The Figma Plugin guy
How building Figma plugins helped me define my role as a designer-developer.
I’ve been cooking interfaces for nearly eight years. I started out as a software developer, but my love for interaction, visuals, and the details that shape an experience pulled me into product design.
Today I’m a Senior Product Designer at Adobe, where I co-lead Spectrum iOS, Adobe’s iOS design system, which I helped build from scratch.
I’ve never stopped being a developer. I still build tools for designers (plugins, workflow tooling), and lately I’ve been exploring AI engineering and how LLMs can support design work in practical ways.
Outside of work, I love playing guitar and singing. One day, I’d love to put out an album of my own. I also have a YouTube channel with 17,000+ subscribers.
You can reach me via mail, or on X at @PaliwalSparsh.
Sparsh Paliwal · Jersey City, NJ · 2026
Creating a PDF Form Annotation tool
Accelerating PDF form annotation by leveraging segmentation and hierarchy detection models.
Adobe Research, College Park · 2021 – 2023
Building Spectrum iOS from ground up
Created the first version of Adobe's iOS design system from scratch, including foundations, components, and team rituals to ship experiences that feel native on iOS.
Adobe New York · 2023 – Present
Finding blind spots in VLMs
Stress-testing VLMs with realistic image edits to surface failure cases and fine-tuning them to improve them. Designed and vibe-coded the frontend in 8hrs.
Mistral AI Hackathon (Track Winners) · 2026
Building a decentralised link collection tool
Decentralized link-in-bio builder that lets anyone publish and share a profile page without a backend or sign-in. Designed and developed the frontend and Nostr implementation.
College Park · 2024