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5 CARTRIDGES
NO. 01★ SHIPPED

Claude Code Setup

Capital One · DevX

Claude Code only worked if you were an engineer. I led the tiger team that opened it to everyone else. 2,300+ people have since completed a build challenge.

Role
Sr. Product Designer, tiger team lead
Team
Lead plus 2 designers · PM, eng, One Access + senior leadership
When
3 weeks · March 2026
Tools
Claude Code · GitHub · Artifactory · VS Code
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NO. 02★ SHIPPED

IDP Release Plugin

Capital One · DevX

Shipping code at Capital One meant bouncing between five tools to answer one question. I put releases in one place.

Role
UI/UX Designer
Team
2 designers · multiple eng + product partners
When
32 weeks · Finance
Tools
Figma · Lucid · Confluence · Jira
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NO. 03★ SHIPPED

Oportun Homepage Widgets

Oportun (formerly Digit)

The home screen was advertising features instead of doing anything. We made it useful. Auto-pay setup went up 37%.

Role
UI/UX Designer
Team
Design · Loans, Savings, Credit PODs
When
32 weeks · Finance
Tools
Figma · A/B testing · Heuristic eval
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NO. 04★ SHIPPED

Credit Card Servicing

Oportun (formerly Digit)

Credit card servicing bolted onto a lending app for 2M+ members. Two platforms, one design system, a March 2023 deadline that would not move.

Role
UI/UX Designer
Team
Design · Loans, Savings & Credit PODs
When
Jul 2022 sprint → Mar 2023 launch
Tools
Figma · iOS & Android · Usability Testing
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NO. 05★ SHIPPED

Demex Climate Center

The Demex Group

First designer at a climate startup, and I wrote the front end too. The job was making dense weather data usable by people buying insurance.

Role
Founding Product Designer · Full-Stack Engineer
Team
Design + eng founding team · cross-functional w/ data science
When
Climate-fintech startup
Tools
Figma · React · UserTesting
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Matthew Thomas-Wicher

I'm a product designer with a strong background in full-stack engineering, so I design knowing how the thing gets built. Seven years of SaaS and fintech, currently at Capital One on the Developer Experience team, building data-heavy enterprise platforms and AI products.

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