About
Software engineer with 6 years' experience shipping web and AI products. I design retrieval-augmented assistants, build reliable APIs and turn machine-learning prototypes into production features used by thousands of people.
Full-stack engineer specialising in applied AI: LLM integration, RAG pipelines, evaluation and MLOps on cloud platforms.
Mission
Make AI useful, safe and affordable for African businesses.
Values
Ownership, clarity, user safety
Specialisations
LLM applications, RAG, prompt evaluation, TypeScript/React, Python/FastAPI
Experience
Senior AI Software Engineer
Kora Fintech · Lagos (Hybrid)
Mar 2023 – Present
Lead development of an AI customer-support assistant and document-understanding services.
Achievements
Built a RAG assistant that resolves 42% of support chats without escalation. Cut LLM costs by 35% with caching and model routing.
Outcomes
Support response time fell from 4 hours to 3 minutes.
Software Engineer
Andela · Remote
Jan 2020 – Feb 2023
Built React and Node.js features for US clients; owned CI/CD pipelines.
Achievements
Delivered a recommendations service in Python that lifted engagement by 18%.
Junior Developer
Hotels.ng · Lagos
Jun 2018 – Dec 2019
Maintained booking APIs and admin dashboards.
Projects
Naija Docs AI
Creator & lead engineer · Jan 2024 – Jun 2024
Open-source assistant that answers questions about Nigerian tax and business-registration documents with cited sources.
Outcomes
1,200+ GitHub stars; used by 3 accounting firms.
Python, FastAPI, pgvector, React
Fraud-signal scoring API
Backend engineer · Jun 2023 – Nov 2023
Real-time API combining rules and a gradient-boosted model to flag suspicious card transactions.
Outcomes
Reduced chargebacks by 22%.
Python, XGBoost, Redis, Docker
Skills
Technical
Competencies
Tools & technologies
Soft skills
Industries
Education
BSc, Computer Science
University of Lagos
Sep 2013 – Jul 2017
Certifications & awards
Certification
AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty
Amazon Web Services · May 2024 · Valid to May 2027
Certification
Deep Learning Specialization
DeepLearning.AI · Aug 2022
Contact
Preferred contact: email