Selected work
Four pieces of work, short. What the problem was, what I built, what changed.
Most of what I build is B2B and internal, under NDA. So you'll have to trust me on that. Ask your questions.
Context layer for an AI-native bank
OakNorth Bank · AI Engineer · 2026 - now
- Problem: Making AI useful across a whole bank, not in one team's demo.
- Built: The context layer of the bank's AI transformation: context, memory, brain.
- Result: Part of a 3x productivity increase.
- Stack: Claude, Python, TypeScript, AWS
Zero-to-one MVP for an insurtech startup
Nettle · Founding Engineer · early 2025
- Problem: Day one of an insurtech startup: no product yet.
- Built: Joined as a contractor, became the first hire. Built the MVP from scratch and took it through several iterations.
- Result: From nothing to a working MVP in two months.
- Stack: TypeScript, Next.js, React, Python, Django, FastAPI, Claude
Wealth-management onboarding, 10x+ faster
Brewin Dolphin (acquired by RBC) · Senior Front-End Engineer, led the front-end team · 2020 - 2022
- Problem: Opening an account meant complex regulatory checks.
- Built: Led the front-end team that digitalised 2 onboarding journeys. Turned the regulatory check flows into a simple onboarding experience. Led the UI libraries.
- Result: Clients onboarded 10x+ faster.
- Stack: Angular, TypeScript, D3.js, Jest
Pricing analytics for the exhibition industry: alpha to beta
SmartXpo (Plural Strategy) · Front-End Lead · 2018 - 2020
- Problem: A B2B SaaS product inherited at alpha.
- Built: Helped define the product vision and the design system, ran iterative designs with A/B tests, built and maintained the component library and theme. Also hiring, onboarding, CI/CD and API design.
- Result: Delivered the MVP, then the beta.
- Stack: Angular, TypeScript, D3.js, AWS, Cypress
Verify
- Most of this work is B2B and internal: tools, processes and products, under NDA. No public screenshots, demos or client names, by design
- Employment history: the same roles and dates are on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniil-kutsyna/), and each role links to the company's own site
- Employment is verifiable through a standard background check
- Numbers such as 3x and 10x+ are my own account of the work, not audited figures; happy to walk through them on a call
- References can be arranged on request