SIDDHARTH S. JHA

Photo: Nov 2024. Credits: Wife

Siddharth S. Jha is a designer, engineer and product builder.

He enjoys building products to help people lead easier and more enriched lives. His work in the last decade has revolved around designing software that's simple, innovative and fun. He's interested in spending the next decade creating consumer and business tools that are thoughtful, responsible, intelligent and long-lasting.

Siddharth's design beliefs stem from the ethos of "less, but better". They're also inspired by Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi. While these guide his approach to creating software and products, they can just as much apply to living and consuming mindfully.

Siddharth holds an honours degree in computer science, attending both University of Surrey in England and University of Waterloo in Canada.

He lives with his wife in southwestern Ontario, slightly north of Lake Erie in Canada.

Current Work

What I'm currently working on.

Fractional Product Designer & Engineer

Early 2023 — Present

I work on a fractional basis with select clients doing meaningful things. I can ship with speed fully functioning products from idea to launch to multiple platforms as a team of one. My areas of interest are consumer software, B2B software, AI & LLM applications, e-commerce. Learn more about working with me fractionally.

Stealth App

Smallform

Building simple tools for independence, autonomy and clarity for your small business.

↗ Smallform.co (Ships Q2 2025)

Writing

Some things I've written. More here.

Venture Capital’s In for a Reckoning
3 min
Apr.15.2025
“It’s Toasted”, but for LLMs
4 min
Apr.08.2025
The Future is in the Details, Not Generalizations
4 min
Apr.01.2025

0 → 1 Products

My archived 'Museum of Finished Objects'. See more work on portfolio.

OTHER PROJECTS
2011–2019

Currently Reading

Books I'm currently reading.

Book Cover for Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen

The Innovator's Dilemma

Clayton M. Christensen

I've been re-reading this. Ben Thompson of Stratechery (avid subscriber for many years now) references concepts from this book often. Link

Book Cover for Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin

The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Rick Rubin

I was gifted this by my wife for Christmas. Brief and astute lessons for making space for creativity in your craft by a legendary record producer. Link