Dan Usman
AI product engineer/ prompt engineer
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AI-native builder with hands-on experience shipping generative AI products across text, image, video, voice, and 3D modalities. Combines deep prompt engineering craft with vibe-coding fluency — rapidly prototyping and deploying AI-integrated applications using modern LLM APIs, automation frameworks, and agentic architectures.
Eager to grow into a full AI Product Engineer role: bridging user problems, model capabilities, and production-grade implementation. Comfortable with ambiguity, fast feedback loops, and cross-functional collaboration in startup and global studio environments.
Experience
AI Prompt Engineer at AZer-t (French Video Game Studio) (2025-09 – 2026-01)
Engineered production-quality game assets and prompt-driven workflows for a video game studio.
- Engineered production-quality game assets — characters, environments, UI — using advanced multi-modal prompts across Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, and proprietary models, directly reducing outsourced art costs.
- Designed technical rigging sheets separating character models (head, torso, arms, legs) into non-overlapping pieces to accelerate animation pipeline throughput.
- Built prompt-driven 3D modelling workflows targeting photorealistic Unreal Engine 5 aesthetics, cutting per-asset iteration time.
- Generated 'versus-style' promotional artwork using split-gradient background prompts and precise lighting parameters for marketing campaigns.
- Integrated interactive ElevenLabs voice AI agents for in-game NPCs, enhancing player immersion and reducing manual dialogue production.
AI Solutions Developer at Freelance / Contract (2024-01 – 2025-12)
Architected system prompts and developed optimized prompts for various AI applications and clients.
- Architected system prompts for a virtual try-on and AI stylist application, enabling accurate processing of user dimensions, multi-angle photos, and clothing imagery.
- Developed optimised prompts for marketing copy, blog content, and multi-language translation using GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini for multiple clients.
- Created viral-optimised AI-generated short-form video and UGC content strategies, driving measurable social media engagement growth for clients.
Education
B.S. in Computer Science (2024)


