Mukul AgarwalMA

Mukul Agarwal

Founding mentor

Principal product designer @ Roblox

San Francisco, CA 10 yrs in design

About

Principal product designer at Roblox, prev. at Amazon and High Fidelity (startup). I have worked at startups all the way to a FAANG company: I led the design team responsible for $1.2 Billion in annual revenue at Amazon, leading design for all platforms at Roblox (Mobile, Web, Console, VR), and was the founding designer of a startup with $73MM in funding. My work exists at the intersection of 0-1 products, systems thinking and building for scale. I hold 7 US patents, and my work has been featured in Forbes & The Washington Post. I've done 100+ design interviews at companies like Roblox. Let's talk about how I can help.

How I can help

I bring the perspective of someone who has been on the other side of hiring decisions for early career to Senior IC designers. I can help early/mid/senior product designers with: • Portfolio storytelling and visual design • Mock interviews and portfolio presentations • Executive presence, stakeholder influence, and getting ideas shipped • Building scalable AI prototypes that don't break in front of executives Expect direct, kind feedback, clear prioritization and concrete next steps to level up as a designer. I will be your biggest champion and can make you believe your next goal is way easier than you think.

Ask me about

Pivot into design
Freelance to full-time
Layoffs
First or only designer
A reorg
Influence without authority
Imposter syndrome
Stakeholder standoffs
Presenting to execs
Negotiating comp
Building a design system
First design hires
Growing into leadership

A hard problem I've navigated

My career has spanned a bunch of situations including being laid off, passed over for promotion, had imposter syndrome, been the first or only designer, survived multiple re-orgs at big and small companies. I will pull from my real experience rather than speaking in generalizations.

Expertise

AI workflows
AI tools
Agentic AI
UX Designer
Product Designer
Design Manager
Design Lead
3D
Gaming
Consumer/Social
AI/ML
Design systems
Leadership
Interviewing

Experience

  1. Principal Product Designer · Roblox

    2024 to Present

    Architected the "Adaptive Design Framework" that scales the Roblox experience across Desktop, Mobile, Console, and VR—enabling the launch of two major new platforms (TV and Handheld) in under 12 months. Beyond core UX, I steer the long-term AI strategy for the Roblox app and led the design for internal generative coding tools, recently recognized as a top finalist in the annual company hackathon for high-impact AI innovation.

  2. Senior Product Designer · Amazon

    2019 to 2024

    Lead designer for Amazon Home Visual Evaluation portfolio, spanning Virtual Try-On, 3D and 2D visualization, Augmented Reality, and GenAI-powered visual experiences. Leveraging the latest in generative AI and computer vision technologies, our team reinvented how customers evaluate products, covering millions of items across millions of shoppers. Led the design of new AR experiences for wall & tabletop products, and delivered significant improvements to the UX and major business impact. 10X’ ed team revenue to an annual run rate of 1.3 Billion+ in 3 years.

  3. Founding Product Designer · High Fidelity

    2017 to 2019

    As the founding designer for this $70M venture-backed startup, I established the initial design systems and product vision across VR, mobile, and desktop. I was instrumental in securing a $36M Series D funding round by designing and launching the world’s first blockchain-integrated VR shopping experience, a technical showcase that helped define the early standards for spatial commerce.

  4. AR/VR researcher · University of Maryland College Park

    2015 to 2017

    Developed foundational hardware and software prototypes for spatial computing ranging from foveated rendering to 3D-printed optics - at a premier global MR laboratory. Designed a high-profile immersive exhibit for the Newseum that earned national press coverage from Forbes and international media.