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Hi, I’m Ahmad — a Fullstack Engineer with 4+ years of experience building modern SaaS platforms, AI-integrated applications, and scalable web systems.

About me

I'm a Fullstack Engineer passionate about building scalable, high-performance web applications and AI-powered products that solve real-world problems. I enjoy turning ambiguous ideas into maintainable, production-ready systems with clean architecture and excellent user experience.

I specialize in building AI-powered web applications using React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, and Tailwind CSS, delivering everything from modern frontend systems to scalable backend APIs and intelligent automation workflows. My work spans SaaS platforms, dashboards, document automation systems, recruitment platforms, and AI-integrated applications.

Recently, I've worked as a Frontend Developer at DAXAP AS and as a Software Engineer at T40 Technologies, collaborating with teams to ship high-performance products with strong focus on performance optimization, scalability, and code quality.

I care deeply about collaboration, developer experience, scalable system design, and building software that creates real user impact.

My projects

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My skills

AI & dev workflow

How I use modern AI—models, assistants, and automation—to ship faster without sacrificing architecture, tests, or UX.

  • LLM integration

    OpenAI · Gemini · production APIs

    Shipping features with GPT-class and Gemini models: prompts, streaming, guardrails, and cost-aware usage.

  • AI-assisted development

    Cursor · GitHub Copilot · Claude Code

    Faster delivery and cleaner refactors using agentic editors, inline suggestions, and review-ready diffs.

  • Prompt & context design

    Templates · evals · structured outputs

    Repeatable prompt patterns, JSON/tool calling, and testing ideas before they hit users.

  • RAG & knowledge grounding

    Embeddings · retrieval · citations

    Grounding answers in your own data so apps stay accurate and easier to trust.

  • Workflow automation

    CI hooks · codegen · internal tools

    Using AI where it removes toil: scaffolding, docs, test ideas, and repeatable pipelines.

  • Product UX for AI

    Loading · errors · transparency

    Interfaces that set expectations, handle failures gracefully, and keep humans in the loop.

Production health

Monitoring & quality

Tools I rely on to catch regressions early and keep production observable, accountable, and shippable.

  • Sentry

    Error & performance monitoring

    Triage frontend and backend errors, track releases with source maps, and route alerts so regressions get caught early.

  • SonarQube

    Code quality & static analysis

    Gate pull requests on smells, vulnerabilities, and coverage to keep maintainability high across the codebase.

  • New Relic

    APM & observability

    Latency, throughput, traces, and dashboards to keep production health visible and on-call useful.

Delivery & coordination

Project management

How I plan, slice, and deliver work across distributed teams—from sprint boards to async docs.

  • Jira

    Tickets · sprints · releases

    Scrum and kanban boards, story breakdown, and release planning aligned with engineering workflows.

  • ClickUp

    Tasks & docs

    Roadmaps, task grooming, and async docs/SOPs that keep distributed teams moving without meetings.

  • Trello

    Lightweight boards

    Quick kanban for small teams and side projects when overhead needs to stay out of the way.

Experience

Frontend Developer

DAXAP AS

Full-time

Built and shipped production features for two multilingual civic-tech platforms, Kiddy and Vibori, using React, Next.js, and TypeScript. Developed scalable multilingual support across 10 languages, improved accessibility to WCAG AA standards, optimized performance on low-end devices, and implemented real-time communication features that significantly enhanced engagement and accessibility for immigrant and non-native-speaking communities in Norway. Also built reusable UI components and community-focused features like event discovery, subscriptions, and Google Maps integration.

June 2025 – May 2026

Software Engineer

T40 Technologies

Full-time

Core frontend engineer on intercity.ng, a travel-tech platform for booking bus tickets, parcels, and vehicle charters across 100+ Nigerian transport operators, including companion mobile apps. I built and owned end-to-end core product flows using React, Next.js, and TypeScript, covering ticket booking, parcel delivery, vehicle charters, reviews, and community features. I developed the main multi-step booking funnel (search, compare operators, passenger details, payment, and ticket issuance), which handled the platform’s highest traffic. I also integrated multiple payment providers such as Paystack, Monnify, and Nomba alongside various operator APIs, ensuring reliable real-money transactions with proper failure handling. In addition, I improved performance and Core Web Vitals through techniques like code splitting, lazy loading, and image optimization, which was especially important for low-bandwidth users. I built a reusable and accessible component system shared across web and mobile webviews to maintain UI consistency and speed up development, and implemented optimized search and filtering with debouncing and caching to reduce API load and improve response times.

January 2024 – June 2025

Full Stack Engineer (Frontend)

Alpharithm Investments

Contract

Translated complex UI/UX designs into reusable, scalable frontend components and improved application performance through code optimization, lazy loading, and efficient state management. Ensured cross-browser compatibility and full mobile responsiveness across all products while collaborating with cross-functional teams through code reviews and agile workflows. Also implemented authentication systems using JWT and OAuth, set up CI/CD pipelines with Docker, and handled deployments across AWS, Vercel, Railway, and Render.

March 2025 – April 2025

Full Stack Developer

IAB CODES LTD

Contract

Next.js, TypeScript, and Node end-to-end: REST APIs wired to the frontend, JWT-based auth, performance tuning across devices, cloud deployments for scale, and agile collaboration with code reviews.

November 2024 – February 2025

Frontend Developer

Dijix Global Solutions

Contract

React and Redux frontends: reusable components, performance and responsiveness, and tight collaboration with design and backend for production-ready features.

March 2024 – October 2024

How I work

Built for distributed engineering teams. Remote-friendly, async-first, English-fluent, and focused on shipping reliable software with clear communication and measurable outcomes.

Education

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University logo

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

Bachelors of Engineering

2016 – 20214.16 CGPA