Alex Mecklin
AI & Cloud Engineer
AI-focused engineer with hands-on experience building agentic AI systems and cloud-based full stack applications. Background spanning test automation and embedded systems. Now working as a consultant at Netlight.
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Experience
Oct 2026 - Present
Consultant
Netlight · Helsinki, Finland
- Software engineering consulting
- Software engineering consulting
Jun 2026 - Sep 2026
AI & Cloud Developer
KONE · Espoo, Finland
- Owned end-to-end design and implementation of an AI assistant for a company-wide internal AI portal
- Designed a LangGraph orchestrator agent coordinating specialized subagents on AWS Bedrock AgentCore
- Built subagents using RAG and MCP tools to help employees find knowledge and take actions via chat
- Designed and built the chat as a full-stack Next.js and React application, streaming agent responses in real time
- Owned agent-side DevOps: CI/CD, tests, response quality evals, AWS CDK infrastructure and observability
- Owned end-to-end design and implementation of an AI assistant for a company-wide internal AI portal
- D...
Jan 2026 - May 2026
Master's Thesis Worker
KONE · Espoo, Finland
- Researched MCP-based tool integration for AI agents as part of a Master's thesis
- Built AI agents and supporting infrastructure on AWS Bedrock AgentCore
- Connected the agents to internal systems through MCP servers, giving them access to company tools and data
- Researched MCP-based tool integration for AI agents as part of a Master's thesis
- Built AI agents and...
May 2025 - Dec 2025
Software Engineer
KONE · Espoo, Finland
- Led test migration from Selenium to Playwright, improving test stability and reducing test execution time
- Mapped cross-team dependencies and wrote Robot Framework tests that catch breaking changes before releases, reducing manual testing
- Designed CI/CD pipelines and supporting infrastructure with Docker and YAML to automate deployments
- Developed a Python backend for a shared test-resource booking service built on AWS Lambda and DynamoDB
- Led test migration from Selenium to Playwright, improving test stability and reducing test...
May 2024 - Aug 2024
Software Engineer
Danfoss Drives · Vaasa, Finland
- Developed safety-critical temperature control firmware in C for variable frequency drives
- Wrote automated tests in Python and Robot Framework to verify temperature control logic on drive simulators
- Maintained and extended the drive simulators and built Python scripts to automate repetitive development tasks
- Developed safety-critical temperature control firmware in C for variable frequency drives
- Wrote...
May 2022 - Aug 2023
Automation Engineer
Wärtsilä · Vaasa, Finland
- Conducted investigations on returned automation parts from field installations
- Handled customer deliveries of engine automation software tools
- Conducted investigations on returned automation parts from field installations
- Handled customer...
Sep 2022 - Dec 2022
Teaching Assistant
Aalto University · Espoo, Finland
- Worked part-time as a teaching assistant in a basics in Python programming course
- Assisted students with their homework
- Graded home assignments
- Worked part-time as a teaching assistant in a basics in Python programming course
- Assisted students...
Projects
Elixia Booker
Automatically books group fitness classes at Elixia (SATS Group) the moment booking opens, using QStash to wake up and book at the exact release millisecond.
Job Application Tracker
Cross-device job application tracker with authentication, persistent storage, and PWA support. Installable on mobile and desktop.
Trip Planner
A PWA for planning trips together, with a shared weekly calendar, email invitations, offline mode, and calendar sync via .ics feeds.
Rental Tracker
Tracks Finnish rental apartments: rent, costs with receipt photos, and co-owners' shares. It also generates each owner's rental income declaration package (PDF, CSV and receipts) for their own share.
Personal Website
This personal portfolio website showcasing my projects and experience.
Home Assistant Automations
Personal home automation project using Home Assistant to integrate smart devices, sensors, and custom automations for a smarter home.
Salary Predictor
Machine learning model used to predict salaries for employees.