How I Built AI Tools That Help 130,000+ Students Study
A technical look at building AI-powered learning tools for university students.
Senior Software Engineer
Temitayo Fadojutimi
Building intelligent systems at the intersection of AI, infrastructure, and product.
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About
I'm a software engineer with over 12 years of experience building systems that scale. Currently based in Lisbon, I work at the intersection of AI, distributed systems, and product engineering, turning complex problems into elegant, reliable solutions.
Lisbon, Portugal12+ years experience
Frontend EngineeringAI EngineeringBackend Engineering
What I Do
Three pillars of my engineering practice
AI Engineering
Designing and deploying machine learning pipelines, LLM integrations, and intelligent automation that solve real business problems.
LLMsRAGTypescriptLangChainVector DBsCloudflare Agents
Systems Engineering
Building resilient, high-throughput distributed systems with deep focus on observability, performance, and reliability at scale.
Node.jsKubernetesCloudflare WorkersPostgreSQL
Product Engineering
Shipping user-facing products end-to-end, from architecture and API design to polished interfaces with measurable impact.
ReactTypeScriptNext.jsGraphQLDesign SystemsAstro
Latest Writing
Thoughts on engineering and building products
What I Learned Building Products with AI
Lessons from integrating AI into real-world products. Covering prompt engineering, MCP servers, browser automation, AI agents, and production considerations.
Building a Document Export Tool with Playwright and Crawlee
How I automated exporting online course materials to PDF using Playwright for browser automation, Crawlee for web crawling, and pdf-lib for document merging.
Experience
Key roles and contributions
2021 - Present
Systems Engineer
Cloudflare
- Spearheading the redesign and migration of cloudflare.com to Astro, architecting build processes with Nx and Atomic Design patterns for scalable development
- Built an AI-powered recommendation system delivering personalized Cloudflare product suggestions, improving product discovery and user engagement
- Configured Argo Rollouts for Kubernetes-based projects, enabling automated gradual rollouts with health-based monitoring and automatic rollback capabilities
2019 - 2021
Software Engineer
Andela
- Built and maintained the Collective Andela Learning Map (CALM) application using TypeScript and React, serving about 1,000 developers
- Led team coordination through code reviews, pair programming, and facilitating stand-ups, retrospectives, and sprint planning
- Ensured code quality and team growth by identifying strengths, assigning tasks strategically, and unblocking members through debugging and root cause analysis
2014 - 2019
Software Engineer
Various Startups
- Built full-stack applications across fintech, healthtech, and e-commerce domains
- Shipped products from zero to production serving tens of thousands of users
- Established CI/CD pipelines and automated testing practices