Alex Beattie, Forward Deployed Engineer

I'm Alex Beattie, a Forward Deployed Engineer at McKinsey & Company, AI engineer, and founder of KiNDD. Based in Los Angeles, I bring 14+ years of software engineering experience across backend systems, cloud infrastructure, web and mobile products, and AI.

Current Role

I joined McKinsey & Company in October 2026 as a Forward Deployed Engineer. My engineering practice spans architecture, implementation, deployment, and the operational work that keeps software useful after launch.

Selected Accomplishments

• Founded and shipped KiNDD. Took a commissioned web map into a live care-navigation platform and published iOS app. The product helps families navigate all seven LA County Regional Centers and over 300 providers, with English and Spanish support, geographic service matching, and AI guidance. My work with KiNDD also includes an Anthropic grant.
• Architected Stella at Ourself Health. As the sole AI and backend engineer, I built production AI systems combining retrieval, tool-enabled agents, model routing, persistent memory, safety controls, streaming, and Langfuse evaluation workflows.
• Built software tools at TECHNIA.
• Built Unified Connectors. Created a Python package and MCP server that brings GitHub, Slack, Jira, Confluence, Google Docs/Drive, and Miro into engineering and AI-agent workflows.
• Built a foundation in product ownership. Founded Artisan Branding in 2010 and spent 13 years as the sole technologist at Sherwood Development Company, owning software, automation, integrations, and technical operations.

Engineering Focus

I work on the details that make AI products dependable: grounded retrieval, agent orchestration, source metadata, evaluation, streaming contracts, observability, and model cost controls. My stack spans Python, Django, GraphQL, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, AWS, TypeScript, SwiftUI, and Flutter.

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