Engineering Work History & Impact
My professional journey as a software engineer: building backend services, AI agents, and production software.
Professional Positions
Software Engineer
Flex Your Brands·Contract / Remote
Built and maintained a full-stack Next.js application combining content management, blog publishing, event management, and AI-powered customer support.
Key Engineering Outcomes
- Delivered unified full-stack business platform combining content, event checkout, and AI support.
- Engineered tool-calling AI assistant for customer booking inquiries and operational workflows.
Primary Responsibilities
- •Built and maintained a full-stack Next.js application combining content management, blog publishing, event management, and AI-powered customer support.
- •Integrated an AI support assistant using the Vercel AI SDK, tool calling, and LLM providers including Grok and Cloudflare AI.
- •Designed the AI integration around defined application tools, allowing the model to invoke backend functions for customer inquiries and booking-related workflows.
- •Developed event registration and checkout workflows covering availability, seat reservations, payment processing, payment confirmation, and registration references.
- •Developed server-side application logic and database workflows using Next.js, TypeScript, and Cloudflare D1.
- •Integrated Cloudflare services for media storage, AI services, and deployment infrastructure.
Backend Developer (Contributor)
Telex·Contributor / Remote
Contributed to backend development for AI-powered applications using C#/.NET and TypeScript on the Telex agent platform.
Key Engineering Outcomes
- Orchestrated multi-step AI reasoning workflows with Semantic Kernel and ASP.NET Core.
- Built AI-assisted application monitoring service for natural-language telemetry querying.
Primary Responsibilities
- •Contributed to backend development for AI-powered applications using C#/.NET and TypeScript.
- •Designed and implemented backend APIs supporting AI workflows.
- •Built multi-step orchestration workflows using Semantic Kernel.
- •Worked with MongoDB for persistent storage and querying of application and agent data.
- •Integrated LLM capabilities with backend services and application workflows.
- •Developed the AI-Assisted Application Monitoring Agent during my time at Telex, allowing developers to query stored application events through natural-language interactions.
Backend Engineer — HNG 12 Internship
HNG Tech·Internship / Remote
Built REST APIs, modular backend services in C#/.NET, and automated CI/CD deployment pipelines to AWS EC2 under fast-paced weekly delivery cycles.
Key Engineering Outcomes
- Successfully completed the multi-stage HNG internship programme as a finalist.
- Led boilerplate backend team and automated Docker + GitHub Actions CI/CD to AWS EC2.
Primary Responsibilities
- •Built REST APIs and modular backend services in C#/.NET under fast-paced weekly delivery cycles.
- •Progressed through multiple development stages involving API development, integrations, AI workflows, testing, and deployment.
- •Worked in small backend teams to build AI-agent applications.
- •Led a backend team responsible for improving the HNG boilerplate and coordinating implementation issues and pull requests.
- •Containerized applications using Docker and automated deployment workflows to AWS EC2 using GitHub Actions.
- •Configured Nginx as part of application deployment.
Contributions & Community
Technical mentoring, contributor support, and collaborative coordination outside formal employment.
Technical Mentoring & Project Coordination
Supported contributors in the HNG internship cohorts through technical discussions, engineering guidance, and team coordination, including contributor assistance and product-level coordination on internal initiatives such as VulnWatch.