Creative technologist / product engineer. Two sides: AI tooling and automation for teams, and generative/immersive art. Same instinct either way - prototype fast, make the abstract real.
Recent work:
- Idea Engine (open source): start from a seed word, wander an association map, and pin the path you took into a buildable concept card. Three-model pipeline - one proposes associations, one scores and filters them for surprise and coherence, one writes the card. Svelte + Hono + SQLite, runs locally in Docker. <a href="https://github.com/somaticbits/idea-engine" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/somaticbits/idea-engine
- Forward-deployed engineer at a large hospitality/marketplace company. Built automations that removed up to 6h of manual work per project.
- Slides and websites generated straight from existing Figma components. Design system in, finished artifact out.
- Currently writing a custom MCP server for a calisthenics training app, so workouts and progress are coached and queried by an agent rather than through the UI.
Looking for full-time work where AI tooling meets creative tech. Teams building something new rather than iterating on what's there.
AI & automation: <a href="https://www.davidpettersson.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.davidpettersson.com
Generative & immersive art: <a href="https://www.somaticbits.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.somaticbits.com
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Remote: Yes, EU/CET (hybrid Paris ok)
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: TypeScript, React, Node.js, LLM agents, MCP servers, Claude Code, Codex, Figma Plugin API, TouchDesigner, WebGL/GLSL
Résumé/CV: <a href="https://www.somaticbits.com/David_Pettersson_Senior_Creative_Technologist.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.somaticbits.com/David_Pettersson_Senior_Creative...
Email: hn@somaticbits.com
Creative technologist / product engineer. Two sides: AI tooling and automation for teams, and generative/immersive art. Same instinct either way - prototype fast, make the abstract real.
Recent work:
- Idea Engine (open source): start from a seed word, wander an association map, and pin the path you took into a buildable concept card. Three-model pipeline - one proposes associations, one scores and filters them for surprise and coherence, one writes the card. Svelte + Hono + SQLite, runs locally in Docker. <a href="https://github.com/somaticbits/idea-engine" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/somaticbits/idea-engine
- Forward-deployed engineer at a large hospitality/marketplace company. Built automations that removed up to 6h of manual work per project.
- Slides and websites generated straight from existing Figma components. Design system in, finished artifact out.
- Currently writing a custom MCP server for a calisthenics training app, so workouts and progress are coached and queried by an agent rather than through the UI.
Looking for full-time work where AI tooling meets creative tech. Teams building something new rather than iterating on what's there.
AI & automation: <a href="https://www.davidpettersson.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.davidpettersson.com
Generative & immersive art: <a href="https://www.somaticbits.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.somaticbits.com