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Umar Muhammad Abdullahi

Founder at Realms, Inc. | Nigeria | [email protected] | GitHub | LinkedIn

Experience

Realms | Founder | 2024 - Present

Building a revolutionary startup creation platform that democratizes tech entrepreneurship through AI-powered tools.

  • Architected a unified platform reducing startup time-to-market by 90% through rapid MVP creation.
  • Adopted federated communication infrastructure using Matrix protocol to enable real-time collaboration and community building.
  • Developing AI Co-Founder feature to help founders execute and validate ideas swiftly.
  • Creating dual code/no-code environments to support both technical and non-technical founders.
  • Tech Stack: TypeScript, React, Expo, Phoenix/Elixir, Python, PostgreSQL, Matrix Protocol, Generative AI.

Seftey | Founder | 2023

Led system design of an integrated student transportation system, a pivotal experience that sparked "Realms".

  • Spent an unnecessary amount of time architecting an MVP.
  • Conducted extensive market research and stakeholder interviews.
  • Gained crucial insights about startup validation leading to "Realms".
  • Tech Stack: TypeScript, React, Expo, Next.js, Supabase, Google Maps API.

Goldman Sachs | Software Engineer | 2021 - 2022

Worked with the data engineering team and led the development of internal data consumers dashboard.

  • Developed a version management dashboard for data models consumers.
  • Enhanced the viewers-only mode in Legend studio.
  • Tech Stack: TypeScript, React, MobX, Java.

eHealth Africa | Project Lead | 2018 - 2021

Led development of critical healthcare systems across Africa.

  • Enhanced an offline-first last-mile vaccine delivery System (LoMIS).
  • Architected and implemented a real-time temperature monitoring system, integrated with LoMIS to identify damaged vaccines, saving numerous children's lives.
  • Led a project team of 5-8 people and mentored interns and junior developers.
  • Tech Stack: Javascript, React, React Native, Redux, Node.js, Express.js, CouchDB, PouchDB, BlueMaestro Temperature Sensor.

Technical Skills

  • Platform Architecture: Distributed systems, Real-time communication.
  • Full-Stack Development: TypeScript, React, Node.js, Phoenix/Elixir, Python, Java.
  • AI/ML: TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Generative AI.
  • Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Matrix Protocol.
  • Database & Caching: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka.

Education

M.Sc. Computer Science | Deferred - Focus on startups.

B.Sc. Computer Science | 2015.

Notable Achievements

  • Innovation: Pioneering AI-driven startup validation methodologies.
  • Open Source: Contributor to Aether, Gather, Legend, and soon, the Matrix ecosystem.
  • Leadership: Successfully led multiple projects, mentoring interns and junior developers.
  • Impact: Building systems to democratize startup creation globally.

Languages

English (Professional) | Hausa (Native) | Arabic (Elementary)

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