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I turn AI ideas into full-stack products that actually ship.

I work across AI engineering, product development, and software architecture to turn vague business needs into usable systems, from early scoping and proof of concept to frontend, backend, deployment, and production-ready delivery.

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YOUNES LESFERFull-Stack AI Engineer, Available for part-time collaborations

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What I Build

I build AI-enabled products, internal tools, and full-stack platforms with a strong bias toward clarity, delivery, and real-world usability.

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AI products and internal tools

LLM-powered products, assistants, and workflow tools designed around concrete operational needs rather than standalone demos.

Operating Principles

>Built around real usage, not just model capability
>Designed to fit existing workflows and decision points
>Scoped to deliver value under practical constraints

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How I Build

A practical view of how I approach product delivery, from AI behavior and backend foundations to frontend systems and production discipline.

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core

Turn AI Into Product Behavior

I turn AI from isolated model behavior into features that fit product workflows, permissions, and real user needs.

LangChainRAG

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stable

Build the Operational Core

I design backend foundations that stay understandable as products, teams, and requirements grow.

FastAPIPayload CMSPostgreSQLPythonRedisSQLAlchemy

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Ship Product Interfaces

I build frontend surfaces that connect cleanly to APIs, CMS content, and real business workflows.

ReactNext.jsMotionOrvalPlaywrightReact RouterReduxShadcn UITailwindCSSTanstack QueryTypeScript

production_discipline

ops-ready

Deliver With Discipline

I treat testing, CI, deployment, and maintainability as part of shipping, not cleanup after shipping.

Docker

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Work Experience

Experience across AI delivery, product engineering, and technical leadership, with a focus on turning project needs into systems that can be scoped, built, deployed, and supported.

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09 mo.

08/25TODAY

ALTEN

Aug 2025 - Present

hybridfull timeRabat, Morocco

Part of ALTEN Morocco’s specialized AI team, delivering internal and client-facing AI solutions end to end, from problem framing and proof of concept to production deployment, adoption support, and technical leadership.

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Selected Work

A selection of personal products, experiments, and AI-driven systems that show how I approach frontend craft, backend design, and practical delivery.

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Personal

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Apr 2026

Terminal Portfolio

Portfolio website built from scratch with Next.js and Payload CMS, combining a custom terminal-inspired design system, feature-based frontend architecture, and a production-ready CMS-backed content workflow.

>Designed and implemented a distinctive terminal-inspired interface backed by a reusable custom design system.
>Built the frontend around a feature-based architecture and modern Next.js patterns, including RSC-oriented data flow.

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptTailwindCSSShadcn UIPayload CMS

live repo video

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Engineering Journal

Notes on implementation choices, architecture tradeoffs, and lessons learned while building AI systems, product features, and personal experiments.

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March 24, 2026

The Problem With AI Isn’t What It Gets Wrong. It’s What It Gets You to Stop Doing

Large language models can reason. They can compare, abstract, synthesize, decompose, and in many cases do it impressively well. The lazy critique, that they are “just autocomplete” and therefore incapable of anything resembling reasoning, is no longer serious enough to be useful.

Generative AI

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Let’s Work Together

If you are building an AI feature, internal tool, or product-facing system and need someone who can bridge architecture, implementation, and delivery, send me the brief.

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