I’m a full-stack engineer from Nigeria with nearly 2 years of experience building end-to-end SaaS products—everything from authentication and multi-tenant APIs to real-time features and payments. I started on the frontend and gradually moved deeper into backend engineering and AI, shipping production-ready systems along the way. I’ve launched products like ThreadChat (a live SaaS with a paid Pro tier) and built developer-focused platforms using modern stacks such as Django/FastAPI, React/Next.js/SvelteKit, PostgreSQL, WebSockets, and LLM-powered pipelines (including RAG and semantic search). I also enjoy learning fast—recently taking on Rust and SvelteKit from scratch—and I’m excited by building reliable, user-friendly products that feel fast, secure, and genuinely helpful.…

Brilliant Makanju

I’m a full-stack engineer from Nigeria with nearly 2 years of experience building end-to-end SaaS products—everything from authentication and multi-tenant APIs to real-time features and payments. I started on the frontend and gradually moved deeper into backend engineering and AI, shipping production-ready systems along the way. I’ve launched products like ThreadChat (a live SaaS with a paid Pro tier) and built developer-focused platforms using modern stacks such as Django/FastAPI, React/Next.js/SvelteKit, PostgreSQL, WebSockets, and LLM-powered pipelines (including RAG and semantic search). I also enjoy learning fast—recently taking on Rust and SvelteKit from scratch—and I’m excited by building reliable, user-friendly products that feel fast, secure, and genuinely helpful.…

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I’m a full-stack engineer from Nigeria with nearly 2 years of experience building end-to-end SaaS products—everything from authentication and multi-tenant APIs to real-time features and payments. I started on the frontend and gradually moved deeper into backend engineering and AI, shipping production-ready systems along the way.

I’ve launched products like ThreadChat (a live SaaS with a paid Pro tier) and built developer-focused platforms using modern stacks such as Django/FastAPI, React/Next.js/SvelteKit, PostgreSQL, WebSockets, and LLM-powered pipelines (including RAG and semantic search). I also enjoy learning fast—recently taking on Rust and SvelteKit from scratch—and I’m excited by building reliable, user-friendly products that feel fast, secure, and genuinely helpful.

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Language

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Work Experience

Developer / Founder (ThreadChat) at ThreadChat
June 1, 2026 - July 1, 2026
Built and launched a live YouTube conversation tracker SaaS with reply notifications and up to 30 days of edit/deletion history. Implemented authentication and added Paddle payments for a paid Pro tier. Developed the Rust/Axum backend with a Tokio polling microservice using the YouTube Data API, and implemented real-time WebSocket messaging including reactions. Learned Rust and SvelteKit from scratch and shipped the MVP in under two months.
Developer (BranchForge) at BranchForge
December 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Built a causal simulation engine that constructs directed acyclic graphs from curated facts and propagates hypothetical interventions along typed causal edges while preventing feedback loops via topological sorting. Designed safeguards against hallucination using time-decay fact weighting, a confidence gate, and schema validation. Added Git-style scenario versioning with SHA-256 branch hashing and an append-only audit log.
Developer (Push to Draft) at Push to Draft
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Created a multi-tenant SaaS starter kit with schema-per-tenant PostgreSQL isolation, later used to build BranchForge. Implemented authentication, organization roles, and invites. Integrated multi-provider subscription payments with an automated plan-downgrade engine. Built an AI pipeline that turns GitHub commits into platform-tailored social posts, and secured third-party social integrations using encrypted tokens with automatic token refresh.
Frontend Developer at Stealth Startup (under NDA)
December 1, 2023 - October 1, 2025
Shipped responsive, unit-tested interfaces using a modern frontend stack in a team environment with daily standups. Collaborated on API integration between frontend and backend services and contributed to early AI feature development.

Education

Self-Taught Software Engineering (Computer Science) at Self-directed
January 1, 2020 - October 15, 2026
Self-Taught Software Engineering (Computer Science, self-directed) at Self-directed
January 1, 2020 - October 15, 2026

Qualifications

Anthropic: AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations
August 1, 2026 - October 15, 2026
Anthropic: Model Context Protocol: Introduction & Advanced Topics
August 1, 2026 - October 15, 2026
Anthropic: Claude 101
August 1, 2026 - October 15, 2026
Anthropic: Claude Code 101
August 1, 2026 - October 15, 2026

Industry Experience

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