Mahmud
Adegboyega
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Full-stack engineer building production-ready software for startups, Africa’s businesses and informal economy, with a focus on solving real problems for real people and a long-term goal of founding a major African startup.
Things I Have Shipped
A voice-native WhatsApp assistant enabling merchants to log sales, track inventory, and trigger restocking alerts entirely by voice notes, receiving instant verbal replies in natural Nigerian Pidgin.
Built with Python & FastAPI behind Twilio WhatsApp webhooks with PostgreSQL (SQLModel). Pipeline uses Google Gemini for high-accuracy pidgin audio transcription, Groq (gpt-oss-120b) for structured entity extraction, and ElevenLabs for natural Pidgin/English TTS voice synthesis deployed on Railway via GitHub Actions CI/CD.
A mobile-first marketplace where clients dictate job needs by voice. AI extracts requirements into structured scopes, locks funds in a 3-wallet escrow contract, and verifies completion before payout release.
Engineered on React and Supabase. Implements a three-wallet escrow engine (client, artisan, platform treasury) charging a 10% platform fee, with a cryptographic dispute pipeline backed by before/after image evidence.
A full-stack verification engine that replaces self-reported claims with hard GitHub telemetry, scoring developer commitment and conducting automated AI interviews tailored to actual commit history.
Next.js full-stack platform with GitHub OAuth integration. Analyzes commit consistency, PR turnaround, and issue close ratios into a normalized Commitment Score, with a Gemini AI adaptive interview flow.
Experience & Education
Experience
Frontend Engineer (Contract)
Oct 2025 – Feb 2026- —Built the bank's public landing page, giving new customers clear information about the bank's products and services.
- —Implemented a responsive, accessible interface focused on clarity and conversion for first-time visitors.
Software Engineer, Backend
Apr 2026 – May 2026- —Worked on backend features in a structured, cohort-based internship focused on real-world engineering practices.
- —Collaborated with a distributed team using Git workflows, code review, and API design conventions.
Education
B.Tech in Software Engineering
2024 – 2029Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) — Akure, Nigeria
Milestones & Hackathons
Team Lead & PR Reviewer
Serving as team lead and code reviewer for a team of 4 engineers building voice-first WhatsApp AI tooling for West African informal commerce.
Euphrates Tech Hackathon
3RD PLACEPlaced 3rd with team in a virtual hackathon building tech solutions.