Adam Demirel
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Kitched

Founding Engineer / Lead Product Engineer · Aug 2025 – Feb 2026

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Fastify
  • OpenAI APIs
  • Streaming LLM UI

Joined as founding engineer to build a 0→1 AI-powered interactive cooking platform, built from scratch with React, Next.js, Fastify, and OpenAI APIs.

Designed and built a streaming LLM interface from the ground up, including advising the founders on AI feasibility and product strategy.

Led technical hiring, then roadmapped and onboarded an ML engineer to grow the team.

Re-architected the backend from NestJS to Fastify for improved runtime performance.

Kitched home screen asking "What can I help you cook?" with quick-start prompts
Homepage
Streaming chat response suggesting chicken curry recipes with photo cards
Standard response with custom Recipe Cards in chat
Recipe video preview modal with Ingredients, Adjust, and Start Cooking actions
Interactive Recipe Video modal opened
Serving size selector letting the user cook for 1 to 6 people
Custom serving size adjustment UI in chat
Guided cooking checklist with completed ingredient steps checked off
Custom ingredients checklist component in chat
Swap ingredients screen letting the user substitute recipe items
Custom ingredients substitution UI in chat
AI assistant asking how to adjust recipe preferences
Custom generative buttons UI in chat
Full ingredient checklist alongside an embedded recipe video
Recipe displayed as custom Picture-in-picture mode