Alexis Colin

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About Alexis Colin

Staff Front-End & AI Product Engineer: Tech Lead of 6 (3 continents), working at the intersection of code, design, and AI. Hands-on: I code what matters and orchestrate AI agents (MCP, RAG, evals.) to automate the rest, at work and on personal projects (cost- and latency-aware by design). 14 years shipping products end to end. Tokyo-based; working US/EU hours since 2022. I lead the product engineering team at gno.land, the smart-contract platform from the team behind Cosmos and Tendermint: 6 engineers shipping developer tools, apps, wallets, launchpads and 3D experiences for the people building on-chain. The job, day to day, is making complex systems feel intuitive and safe: scalable, secure, and visually engaging. But it's not just what we build, it's also how we build. I created and lead the team's AI-assisted engineering practice: agents tracking meta-issues and surfacing blocking PRs, automated workflows from multi-persona UX benchmarks to rapid prototyping, custom agent skills, MCP servers, and local LLMs alongside Claude. The products aren't AI-powered, the work itself is. I shape product and architecture, code the parts that matter, delegate what doesn't need a human, and review what comes out, so the team stays focused on what actually moves the product forward. The standards I set are ones I meet myself:~300 public PRs merged over 4 years, backed by testing, CI/CD gating, performance budgets and a real code-review culture. My path explains my range: design school first, then IT and engineering degrees, I come from UI craft and experiential, award-winning websites. Seven years co-running a Paris studio taught me to scope, price and ship for real clients, from startups to industry groups. That's why I can run a design review in Figma and a code review in the same week and why I think in products and users, not tickets. Open to: Staff Engineer, Tech Lead, AI Product Engineer or Engineering Manager roles: developer platforms and AI-native dev tools, security-conscious products and fintech, or serious protocols. Real product, real users, real funding.