Afebu Balogun

Led the backend transition to a localized, multi-currency marketplace, building automated pricing, geo-based delivery calculation, and Flutterwave-powered cross-border checkout. Engineered 'Kloza AI,' a context-aware agentic assistant on a hosted Qwen LLM, including a two-turn prompt extraction pipeline and a real-time 'Readiness Score' decision engine.

Oversee Backend development on national projects, overseeing task allocation and code reviews for on-time delivery. Served as primary technical liaison, translating complex requirements into clear updates for non-technical stakeholders.

Ranked in the top 140 of 22,487 participants (top 0.6%); led the backend team for MeetMind, an AI-powered meeting intelligence platform. Architected and deployed 5 production-grade projects, including a demographic intelligence API, a priority-queue job scheduler, and an OAuth-enabled CLI tool.

Deployed a FastAPI backend for AI video analysis with automated CI/CD to NVIDIA Jetson edge devices. Built a multithreaded RTSP ingestion service running YOLOv11 inference, using Redis for real-time state and metrics.

Designed APIs and database logic for event/ticket management, including multi-category ordering and nested responses. Collaborated with a development team to optimize Django models, serializers, and query logic.

Built a real estate API with Django REST Framework, PostgreSQL, and JWT authentication. Implemented real-time chat using Django Channels and Daphne over WebSockets.

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, completed in 2025.