Keno Leon Software Engineer * AI/ML Engineer * Quant Systems Developer me@k3no.com * k3no.com * linkedin.com/in/kenoleon * github.com/KenoLeon * Mexico City * Remote POSITIONING Software engineer, AI/ML engineer, and quantitative systems developer, production tooling, nine years of live weekly ML scoring, LLM application tooling, independent technical writing and research since 2010. Output: 195 published articles (hundreds of thousands of reads), 4 books, 39 public repos. WHAT I CAN DO FOR A TEAM - Prototype AI systems quickly under ambiguity - spec to working demo with minimal overhead - Build research-to-implementation pipelines - theory in the morning, running code by end of week - Evaluate AI hype cycles with high signal detection - nine years of live quant scoring and a decade of independent AI research produce a calibrated skepticism most generalists lack. - Bring institutional finance literacy to ML problems - ING Barings trading desk foundation, nine years of live Numerai competition, and active systematic trading bot development; understands that the terminal metric is ROI, not validation accuracy - Operate independently with low management overhead across multiple parallel workstreams - Translate complex technical systems into educational infrastructure - articles, docs, tutorials that compound organizational visibility - Bridge research thinking and production implementation - from CAI theory to running Python to published book - Explain technical systems to non-technical stakeholders - 195 published articles and a YouTube channel are evidence of this at scale. EXPERIENCE Independent AI/Quant Systems Builder k3no.com 2010 - Present - Shipped LLM application tooling across two product cycles: BubbleUI (local-first LLM chat UI with context injection) and Context-Kit (context management framework for LLM workflows) - Sustained nine years of production ML scoring in the Numerai quant tournament - 100+ regression models, real financial stakes. Also contracted directly by Numerai for front-end development and documentation - Built machine consciousness framework with 22-part article series, published book (2018), and running Python implementations - NeuronPlayground, STMToWM, crowcrow (parametric articulatory speech synthesizer) - Produced most complete hands-on Ethereum onboarding series on Medium: 43-star GitHub repo, published book, 12 articles including forensic analysis of the Parity multisig exploit - Built Quant Matters YouTube channel - quantitative finance from first principles, Season 2 in production - concurrent with Binance/Polymarket systematic trading bot development Front End / Web Developer & Designer k3no.com (US clients) 2003 - 2010 - Web development, frontend, UI/UX, and product consulting for agencies and clients across California (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Barbara) - Full-stack MVP development for BWire (social network), product research and tech packs for Biopac Systems, CMS development for Halmstrom Design, SEO and lead generation for Potrero Media Junior Research Assistant Analyst ING Barings 1997 - 2000 - Floor rotation across equities research, trading desk, back office, money markets, sales, risk and compliance - Built internal bond market analytical tooling - foundation for subsequent quantitative finance work SKILLS AI & ML: Machine consciousness research, LLM application development, TensorFlow/Keras, neural networks, computer vision (OpenCV), audio signal processing (PyAudio, FFT) Quant & Finance: Backtesting, systematic trading, Numerai ML tournament, portfolio construction, ING Barings institutional foundation Languages & Tools: Python, JavaScript, Solidity, Three.js, Web3.js, Hardhat, PyAudio, OpenCV, Blender, TensorFlow/Keras Design: Industrial design (self-directed), UI/UX, prototyping, generative art, Blender (10+ years), Clip Studio Languages: Spanish (native), English (fluent), Italian (conversational) PUBLISHED BOOKS - Continuity - 2026 Foundational Edition (2026) - philosophy of intelligence, open access CC BY 4.0 - Conscious Artificial Intelligence: Part 1. Foundations (2018) - CAI framework from neuroscience - Ethereum, Tokens & Smart Contracts (2017) - Solidity from first principles - Making a Simple Neural Network: An Illustrated Guide (2017) - visual intuition over equations EDUCATION ITAM (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México) - Economics (incomplete), 1993-1995 AMIB (Asociación Mexicana de Intermediarios Bursátiles) - Securities & Investment Certificate, 1999 Self-directed: Machine learning, AI architecture, neuroscience, industrial design - ongoing since 2010, evidenced by 195 articles, 4 books, and 39 public repos