Full-stack engineer focused on Applied AI and LLM integration, building production-ready systems across backend and frontend. I ship multi-tenant SaaS platforms, causal/AI simulation pipelines, and GPU-accelerated media services—turning complex requirements into reliable software through testing, code review, and careful architecture.

Brilliant Makanju

Full-stack engineer focused on Applied AI and LLM integration, building production-ready systems across backend and frontend. I ship multi-tenant SaaS platforms, causal/AI simulation pipelines, and GPU-accelerated media services—turning complex requirements into reliable software through testing, code review, and careful architecture.

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Full-stack engineer focused on Applied AI and LLM integration, building production-ready systems across backend and frontend.
I ship multi-tenant SaaS platforms, causal/AI simulation pipelines, and GPU-accelerated media services—turning complex requirements into reliable software through testing, code review, and careful architecture.

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Work Experience

Real-Time YouTube Communication Tool (RepoThreadChat)
June 1, 2026 - July 1, 2026
Solo-built a Rust (Axum) backend and SvelteKit frontend using WebSockets for real-time messaging, reactions, and threaded replies, without external state libraries. Learned Rust and SvelteKit from scratch and shipped a functional MVP in under two months.
GPU Video Microservice (PlaythroughProcessor)
December 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Developed a GPU video microservice in Python using FFmpeg, tuned for NVIDIA RTX-class and RunPod environments. Utilizes hardware NVENC/NVDEC encode/decode, CUDA-accelerated scaling, and VRAM-fraction management across quality presets. Processes input video plus a JSON edit-map timeline for parallel segment cutting, GPU concatenation, watermark overlays, and color grading.
Causal Simulation Engine (BranchForge)
December 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Built a 7-stage pipeline (Django, Python, LLaMA 3.3) that constructs directed acyclic graphs from grounded facts, enforces acyclicity via topological sort, and propagates counterfactual interventions along causal edges. Implements SHA-256 branch hashing for Git-like scenario versioning and outputs schema-validated JSON with calibrated confidence scores. Uses a minimum-confidence threshold to gate execution/halts when confidence is too low.
Independently Architected & Shipped Multi-Tenant SaaS Platform (Push to Draft)
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Architected a multi-tenant Django backend using schema-isolated PostgreSQL per tenant (django-tenants) with JWT auth and multi-provider billing (Paddle, Dodo Payments). BranchForge runs as a module within the same backend, sharing tenant, auth, and billing layers. Core product converts GitHub commits into scheduled, platform-tailored social posts via AI prompt generation and OAuth-connected integrations, with credentials encrypted at rest (AES-256).
Frontend Developer → AI Engineer at Confidential Startup (NDA)
December 1, 2023 - October 1, 2025
First frontend hire on a 4-person engineering team; later became the company’s primary AI engineer. Built responsive UIs in React/Next.js, maintained a 90+ Core Web Vitals average, and standardized the codebase with 15+ reusable components and 5+ integrated REST APIs. Transitioned into AI engineering by shipping RAG features on AWS Bedrock via a Python/FastAPI service layer on AWS Lambda. Configured AWS S3 for file/data storage and set IAM permissions for Lambda. Contributed to overall technical architecture and stack decisions alongside the engineering team.

Education

Anthropic Certification (AI Fluency Framework & Foundations; Model Context Protocol; Claude 101; Claude Code 101) at Anthropic
August 1, 2026 - August 10, 2026

Qualifications

Self-Directed Engineering, Full-Stack & Applied AI Systems
January 11, 2030 - August 10, 2026
Anthropic Certifications: AI Fluency Framework & Foundations; Model Context Protocol (Introduction & Advanced Topics); Claude 101; Claude Code 101
August 1, 2026 - August 10, 2026
Anthropic AI Fluency Framework & Foundations; Model Context Protocol (Introduction & Advanced Topics); Claude 101; Claude Code 101
August 1, 2026 - August 10, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Computers & Electronics, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services