About Vipul Saxena

I studied Computer Science Engineering, but visual design was always pulling at my sleeve. My early career was a multidisciplinary mix of writing front-end code for web/mobile-apps and designing mobile-games. Driven by user empathy at early startups, I even stepped into B2B sales to learn firsthand why customers bought in or walked away. Researching into those front-row insights was the exact signal I needed to pivot into Product Design full-time.

Fast forward to today, and I've spent over 12 years designing and building digital products across social, streaming, on-demand, marketplaces, and fintech.

Outside of work, I love stories that are deeply earned. My favorites live inside the environmental storytelling of Dark Souls games, where I've racked up 17 PlayStation platinum trophies. Uncovering hidden lore and complex mechanics takes patience and deep curiosity—the same energy I bring to building products.

Experiences
2024-Present
  • Raisin logo
  • Raisin - Berlin, Germany

    Senior Product Designer

    Leading Growth and Engagement design within Raisin’s B2C pillar, driving product experiences that simplify wealth management for over a million investors across the EU, UK, and US — a platform holding more than €80bn in assets. My focus is the Wealth Hub, bringing customers’ savings, investments and retirement into one place, now live across 12 markets.


2022-2024(1yr 9mo)
  • OLX Group logo
  • OLX Group - Berlin, Germany

    Senior Product Designer

    Led design for Monetisation packs driving growth & revenue for a platform serving over 317 million C2C and B2C users. I owned key areas like OLX Ad Packages, Seller Take Rate, Payment Gateway, and value-added services — building features with a long-term vision to enhance user empowerment, platform trust, and sustainable monetisation as part of the Pay & Ship unit.


2021-2022(1yr 1mo)
  • N26 logo
  • N26 - Berlin, Germany

    Senior Product Designer

    Designed the Home feed on mobile and web — the first screen for 8M customers across 24 European markets. My project, Multi-Activity Feed became the core surface for product discovery, connecting customers to Spaces, Crypto, Overdraft, Instalments, Money-in, Payments, and Insights.


2018-2021(3yrs 2mos)
  • Gojek logo
  • Gojek - Jakarta, Indonesia

    Lead Product Designer

    Led design across on-demand (GoMart, GoFresh) and entertainment (GoPlay) for a super-app with 38M monthly active users in Southeast Asia, managing a cross-functional team of six designers, researchers and writers. On grocery I owned the customer, merchant and driver journeys; on entertainment, Indonesia’s leading OTT platform across iOS, Android and Smart TV.


2017-2018(1yr 4mos)
  • Hike logo
  • Hike - New Delhi, India

    Product Designer

    Redesigned the AR camera and content experiences — stories and timeline — for a 100M+ user base with 8M actives, and filed my first patent on a media recommendation engine. Took several features 0→1: Hikemoji avatars, LiveDraw (real-time doodling on video calls with face detection) and Hike Discover.


2014-2017(2yr 4mos)
  • InstaLively logo
  • InstaLively - New Delhi, India

    UX Engineer I / II

    First hire at a livestreaming startup, where I helped build the design and front-end function from the ground up. In a lean setup I ran research, interaction and visual design, prototyping and front-end development — and played a key role in taking the platform past 50K users.
    After InstaLively pivoted, we built Pulse — a hyperlocal social network for college students. I designed and built the mobile-first responsive web app (AngularJS, Firebase real-time sync), led three front-end developers, and acted as the bridge between engineering, users and stakeholders. Pulse gained enough traction to be acquired by Hike Messenger.


2013-2014(1yr)
  • GrownOut logo
  • GrownOut - Gurugram, India

    UX Engineer

    Founding member at GrownOut, a B2B SaaS platform that automated referral hiring by mapping employees’ professional networks and matching them to open roles. I drove design and front-end development on the MEAN stack. Backed by Matrix Partners, used by companies including Ola and Quikr, and acquired by PeopleStrong in 2018.


2013-2014(1yr)
  • inoXapps logo
  • inoXapps - Noida Area, India

    UI/UX Designer

    Launched my design journey in UI/UX for mobile games, at an Android games studio with over 35M downloads on Google Play. I designed in-game interfaces and user flows, refined HUDs and menus, and crafted the transitions that hold gameplay together — my first lesson in designing for millions.

Mentoring reviews

COMPETENCY
Product design strategy Discovery Research Prototyping Design critique Validation AI-native prototyping Design systems DesignOps Design coaching Research practice Quality standards AI workflows

Tools
Figma Sketch Cursor Claude Code Maze Marvin UserTesting Hotjar Mixpanel Dovetail Miro FigJam MindNode Photoshop Illustrator Blender Bezel Spline After Effects Framer ProtoPie

Code
HTML Pug CSS Sass JavaScript React Git npm Node Express

Currently
Reading Sinclair Lewis ~ It Can't Happen Here

Watching Gege Akutami ~ Jujutsu Kaisen

Inspired Work of Hidetaka Miyazaki

Playing Larian Studios ~ Baldur's Gate 3

Listening Subzero ~ Ben Klock