BACKEND & AI ENGINEER

Idowu Praise

APIs | AI Automation

Building production-focused AI systems that solve real business problems through intelligent automation and scalable architectures.

AI Engineer with Production Focus

Specialized in combining backend engineering with Large Language Models, retrieval systems, and workflow automation to create scalable, reliable AI applications. From understanding business problems to building, integrating, and deploying intelligent systems.

What I Build With

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LLM & GenAI

OpenAI Gemini Claude LangChain LangGraph RAG Fine-Tuning Hugging Face
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Data & Retrieval

FAISS Pinecone Chroma PostgreSQL Redis Embeddings Semantic Search
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Backend & APIs

Python FastAPI Django REST APIs Microservices Event-Driven
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Automation & Orchestration

n8n Make Workflow Systems AI Agents Agentic Workflows
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Deployment & Infra

Docker AWS Azure DigitalOcean Railway Git/GitHub CI/CD Monitoring
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ML & Monitoring

LangSmith Prometheus Grafana

Projects

Production-ready AI systems combining LLMs, automation, and backend engineering to deliver measurable business impact.

Intelligent Customer Support Ticker Router & Resolver

Intelligent Ticket System

An AI agent that analyzes incoming support tickets, extracts key information, checks knowledge bases, and either resolves the ticket automatically or routes it to the appropriate specialist with context.

LangChain LangGraph ChromaDB/Pinecone PostgreSQL LLM APIs FastAPI Zendesk Slack React Dashboard n8n

AI-Powered Proposal Automation System

AI Automation Workflow

An end-to-end automation system that transforms raw sales form inputs into polished, client-ready business proposals using AI-powered content generation and workflow automation. The solution integrates n8n, Google Drive, Airtable, and Gmail to create, enhance, validate, and deliver proposals automatically within minutes.

n8n Google Docs Groq AI Airtable

Lead Generation & Outreach System

Automation Pipeline

Automated B2B lead discovery and cold outreach system using n8n, Apify for Google Maps scraping, Hunter.io for email finding, Groq/LLaMA for personalized email generation, and automated Gmail sending with Google Sheets tracking.

n8n Apify LLaMA Hunter.io Gmail API

HR Onboarding Automation

AI Onboarding System

An automation that streamlines employee onboarding. When a new hire fills out a form, the system automatically generates their offer letter, sends it via email, notifies the manager, and creates calendar events for their start date and orientation. All records are neatly tracked in Google Sheets.

Make Google Sheets Gmail

Content Generation and Publishing automation

Content Generation System

An end-to-end content generation and publishing automation system for a marketing agency to manage the full content lifecycle, from ideation to publication, across multiple platforms. The system integrates Telegram, n8n, Google Docs, Airtable, and major social media APIs (LinkedIn, X/Twitter, and Gmail) to automatically generate, format, and publish SEO-optimized content with minimal manual intervention.

n8n Airtable Telegram LLM API

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Scalable Backend Platform

Benchmarked and optimized Django REST API platform with asynchronous processing using Celery, Redis caching for performance, Docker containerization, and comprehensive API testing protocols.

Django REST PostgreSQL Celery Redis Docker

Clothing Store

Scalable Backend Platform

Developed a full-stack web app for a clothing store with features including user authentication, product management, shopping cart, wishlist, order management, coupons, user profiles, reviews/ratings, and an admin dashboard.

Django REST PostgreSQL Celery Redis Docker

Experience

Freelance Full-stack Developer

JAFF Foundation (Nonprofit Organization) | Remote

2026
  • Evaluated and optimized full-stack application performance, reducing request latency by ~70% at peak traffic through systematic benchmarking and analysis
  • Designed and implemented RESTful APIs with comprehensive testing protocols using Postman, ensuring reliability and data integrity
  • Conducted thorough quality assessments of payment gateway integration (Paystack), identifying and resolving edge cases to ensure secure transaction workflows
  • Provided detailed technical documentation and structured feedback for platform improvements

Teaching Assistant

Kibo School of Technology

Previous
  • Mentored students in software development fundamentals and best practices
  • Provided technical guidance on backend development, APIs, and system design
  • Facilitated learning in modern development workflows and tooling

Bachelor of Technology in Applied Geophysics

Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

2021 - 2025

Strong foundation in analytical thinking, data analysis, and problem-solving applied to AI and software engineering.

Ready to Work Together?

Open for AI engineering opportunities, automation projects, and technical collaborations.