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Mike Piechota · Product designer

Mike Piechota, ProductDesignerWho Builds

About ten years in product design, including five years as the first and only product designer on MetaRouter's platform, a US data-infrastructure startup. I design and ship with Claude Code and Codex.

Based in Poland (CET), working remotely with US teams

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Silent loop from the showreel: MetaRouter Architect, Kompmodo and Pandough, real product UI. Click for the full film with sound.
in product design, 20 in design overall
10 yrsin product design, 20 in design overall5 as MetaRouter's only product designer
monthly users on Pandough
~18kmonthly users on PandoughNov 2026 · up from ~6k a month earlier
languages Pandough ships in
13languages Pandough ships inas of Oct 2026
Kompmodo v2, IP bought by the owners
LiveKompmodo v2, IP bought by the ownersOct 2026
of screens on MetaRouter's shared Figma + React library
100sof screens on MetaRouter's shared Figma + React librarybuilt from zero

Selected work

Three products, three case studies.

MetaRouter Architect, internal tool I designed and built · demo data

MetaRouter

MetaRouter

US data-infrastructure startup · the control interface for customers' deployed clusters

Creative Director by title and the first and only product designer on the control interface. I owned product design, the design system, brand assets and the marketing site, and made the explainer video. The interface went from no design system to a shared Figma and React library.

as the only product designer
5 yrsas the only product designer
of screens on the shared library
100sof screens on the shared library
disciplines: product, system, brand, web, video
5disciplines: product, system, brand, web, video
Read the case study metarouter.io
Kompmodo v2 · demo data

Kompmodo

Kompmodo

Pricing and market-analysis tool for US listing agents

The owners asked for help with their comparison table. I analyzed the product, found where agents really lost time, and designed and built a full v2 around that, table redesign included. It is live in English and Spanish, and the owners bought the v2 IP.

owners bought the IP
v2 liveowners bought the IP
steps: from one table to the whole job
1 → 5steps: from one table to the whole job
app, online report and PDF
EN · ESapp, online report and PDF
Read the case study kompmodo.com

Pandough

Pandough

Independent product · a dough planner that starts from the flour you actually have

A solo product, from planning engine and app to brand and go-to-market. Usage tripled in a month to about 18k monthly users, and it now ships in 13 languages.

monthly users, up from ~6k a month earlier
~18kmonthly users, up from ~6k a month earlier
bakes planned, as of end of Oct 2026
6,735bakes planned, as of end of Oct 2026
languages
13languages
Read the case study pandough.app

How I work

Embedded with product and engineering.

  1. 01

    Prototype with PMs, refine with engineers

    At MetaRouter I worked daily with product managers on static and interactive prototypes, then refined them with engineering and the customer team.

  2. 02

    Decide with evidence

    With MetaRouter's customer team I gathered user feedback, product analytics and session replays, and used them in design decisions.

  3. 03

    A system engineers actually use

    MetaRouter's design system sat on Material Design and was shared across Figma, React and Storybook, built in close collaboration with engineering. I packaged my design guidance as a Claude Code skill so everyone always had the latest version.

  4. 04

    Prototypes in code, reviewed by people

    I build working products with Claude Code and Codex, and I review and test what the agents write. On Kompmodo the engineer and I reviewed each other's pull requests.

  5. 05

    Product and story together

    At MetaRouter I worked with Growth on sales decks that turned complex technical concepts into coherent stories, and with Marketing on the website and campaigns.

Experience

Twenty years of design, ten in product.

Full resume (PDF)
  1. Feb 2021 – Jun 2026

    Contractor, then Creative Director · MetaRouter

    Contractor from February 2021, Creative Director from November 2021. First and only product designer for the cluster-management control interface. Design system in close collaboration with engineering. Rebrand, Webflow marketing site, explainer video.

  2. 2025 – now

    Product design and build · Kompmodo · Pandough

    Kompmodo v2 for its owners, who bought the IP. Pandough, my own product, since November 2025.

  3. Apr 2018 – Sep 2021

    Senior Designer and Illustrator · Redstamp Agency

  4. Oct 2016 – Mar 2018

    Product Designer · Netguru

    Explained complex technology through concise illustration, partnered with UI and UX designers on end-to-end experiences, ran webinars and workshops for co-workers.

  5. Oct 2006 – Oct 2016

    Designer · Freelance

    Product design and wireframing, branding, illustration and style guides for clients around the world.

The five layers

What it takes to build a product.

Every product people rely on is a stack of decisions. Most teams split that stack across five roles. Here is what sits inside it.

Layer 01

Understand the problem

Who is it for, and what do they really need?

Layer 02

Define the product

What should we build first, and what can wait?

Layer 03

Shape the experience

How should it look, feel and work?

Layer 04

Build the real thing

Does it actually work in real life?

Layer 05

Make it ready for people

Will people find it, trust it and choose it?

The whole stack

Five layers, real products behind each.

Inside MetaRouter's product team, with Kompmodo's owners and engineer, and on my own product, Pandough.

Back to the case studies

Contact

Let's talk about your product.

  • Open to full-time remote product design roles with US companies.
  • Based in Poland (CET), working remotely with US teams.
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