Yakushev Hermann
AI Developer & Product Manager

International / Remote
The Story
Engineer and product lead with experience in AI, Web3, and marketing. Built decentralized protocols, led marketing, developed AI agents. I understand both complex technology and what a product should be for a human. Or maybe not a human...
Key Skills
Languages
Professional Experience
AI Developer
2025 — Present- Shipping AI tooling that automates business processes — document handling, data extraction, working with information.
- Building AI-driven solutions for foreign-trade operations.
- Automating international logistics and paperwork, cutting manual work and speeding up data processing.
- Finding practical ways to weave AI into the company's daily routines, making the team's work simpler and more effective.
AI Developer
Feb 2025 — Apr 2025- Built AI tooling for UGC: automating content creation and improving user experience.
- Shipped LLM agents that help generate content and simplify how users interact with the platform.
- Tuned RAG pipelines so the AI respects context and returns more relevant results.
Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
May 2024 — Sep 2024- Launched and optimized Google Ads campaigns to reach the right audience.
- Tracked email-campaign performance and analyzed key metrics.
- Built and ran a LinkedIn outreach strategy for client acquisition.
Business Development & Marketing Specialist
Apr 2022 — Jun 2023- Sourced promising crypto projects via Twitter (X), built contacts and worked with communities.
- Negotiated collaborations with influencers on YouTube, Twitter and Telegram.
- Ran partner and client lead databases, lead generation and B2B outreach.
Product Manager — Web3 Game Launcher
Feb 2023 — Apr 2023- Owned a Web3 game launcher and coordinated a distributed team of 20.
- Shaped the product vision, set priorities and planned development.
- Studied the market and competitors to find product opportunities.
Full Stack Developer (Web3)
Jan 2021 — Oct 2021Automated algorithmic crypto trading. Algorithms that trade without humans — from strategy logic to execution and interface.
Stack: JavaScript, TypeScript, Solidity, Node.js, Express, Next.js, Vue, Ethereum, Hyperledger, Web3.js
Full Stack Developer (Web3)
Sep 2018 — Dec 2018Built and maintained the interface of a native mobile crypto wallet. Where Web3 stopped being hype and became real work — real users, real transactions, real responsibility.
Front-End Developer
Sep 2017 — Apr 2018My first serious production. Web services for Moscow-City (MMDC) projects — development and maintenance. Responsive cross-platform markup: desktop, mobile, tablets. Where I learned that an interface is about humans, not pixels.
Blogger & Content Creator
2012 — 2016Ran a blog read by over a million people on Twitter — the largest in Russia at the time. Built one of the most active B2B audiences of the era. Back then it was just fun; later it turned out to be marketing, networking and working with people.
Education
Incomplete higher education
2018Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (PFUR) 🇷🇺
Institute of World Economy and Business (IWEB) · Double degree programme with Edinburgh Napier University
Business Management (Remote)
2018HKUST 🇭🇰
Pre-MBA programme, professional courses



