Alec Diaz

i. Now

Founding engineer at Originations Juice, an AI-native fintech.

I took the product from 0 to 1, using coding agents for almost everything. Most of my day is spent directing agents rather than typing into an editor.

  • Turning vague asks into features, shipping nearly every day
  • Setting roadmap and platform decisions directly with the CEO
  • Using agents to ideate, design, spec, then implement features
  • Building the product's AI assistant, tools, and MCP server

ii. mise

Building mise — the only link an audio engineer needs to send a client.

As a freelance audio engineer, I got tired of hunting for client files, losing track of revisions, and chasing unpaid invoices. So I built mise: it carries a project from the client's first upload through revisions, delivery, and payment.

  • Auto-categorizes a folder of raw tracks into named, grouped busses
  • Exports a real DAW session ready to work in
  • Lossless playback and easy A/B comparison between revisions
  • Timestamped comments, comment threads, and the ability to resolve them
  • Invoicing through Stripe

iii. niko rain

Grew a music project from zero to 750,000 monthly listeners.

My partner and I started niko rain in 2020 and ran it like a startup. I produced, recorded, and mixed our songs. I also ran operations and social media. We independently released 20+ tracks.

0 → 750K
monthly listeners, 2020–2025
60,000,000+
streams across songs I worked on
Lead You On · niko rain

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Produced, recorded, and mixed by me.

Open in Spotify

iv. Previously

  • Originations Juice Founding Engineer · Remote Oct 2025 — present
  • Leapcure Software Engineer · Remote Apr 2023 — Oct 2025
  • Dia&Co Software Engineer Nov 2020 — Aug 2022
  • Zynga UX/UI Design Intern Summer 2019

v. Also

  • Ran a few successful Minecraft servers and developed custom plugins
  • Originally pursued a career in UX/UI design
  • Freelance audio engineer and producer
  • Avid pickleball player
  • Peaked at Champion I in Rocket League