Currently — Solutions Architect @ Softcom

I build secure, intelligent systems — from national infrastructure to products people actually use.

I'm Teninlanimi Taiwo — a software engineer, founding engineer, and founder working at the intersection of code, product, and strategy. I architect systems for government and financial institutions, ship consumer products from zero, and I've been writing code since I was 12.

Since 12
Writing code from the age of twelve
Nat.scale
Government & financial-institution systems
1K+
Troco users in first three months
3 sectors
Fintech · government · consumer
01 — Profile

A product thinker with the precision of a senior engineer.

As a Solutions Architect and embedded Product Manager at Softcom, I lead senior engineering teams on confidential, high-stakes systems for government and financial institutions — access control, revenue digitization, cloud infrastructure, and operational security, at national scale.

Much of my most significant work is protected under NDA — built for institutions I can't name. What you can see on this site is a deliberate sample, not the sum. The visible projects are the tip of the iceberg.

I started coding at 12, and I'm still early. I gravitate toward hard things — the systems where getting it wrong actually costs something — and I'm driven by building with purpose. Not just apps, but impact.

"Start early, dream boldly, execute with precision."
Teninlanimi Taiwo

How I work

Ownership, end-to-endArchitecture decisions to shipped features
Engineering ↔ strategyFluent with executives and code alike
Secure by designBuilt for mission-critical, regulated contexts
Start early, ship fastBias toward execution and momentum
02 — Selected Work

A sample of what I've shipped.

Products taken from zero to launch — across fintech, AI, and consumer. Much of my largest work is confidential; what follows is the visible portion. Open any project for the full breakdown.

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Confidential Systems Softcom · NDA

My most significant work is built for government and financial institutions and protected under NDA — national-scale access control, revenue digitization, and operational security. The visible projects below are the tip of the iceberg.

GovernmentFinancialNational-scaleConfidential
Details protected under NDA
Troco app
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Troco Founding & Senior Engineer

A secure, escrow-based fintech platform that builds trust into digital transactions — real-time tracking, dispute resolution, three-party broker flows, and seamless payments for buyers and sellers. Live on Google Play; 1,000+ Android users within three months of launch.

FlutterDartEscrowReal-timePlay Store
Read case studytroco.ng
Orems platform
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Orems Lead / Founding Engineer

A mobile-first commerce and escrow platform ensuring secure payments between individuals and businesses — real-time tracking, automated workflows, and dispute protection, end to end.

FlutterE-commerceEscrowAutomated workflows
Read case study
Qobi landing page
Recent · ALU Claude Builders Club
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Qobi Founder

A recent build — and where I started taking the AI direction seriously. Qobi reads a student's ALU inbox and Canvas read-only, surfaces buried obligations, and reasons about how one slip cascades across academics, money, standing, and visa. Shipped in under a month.

Claude APIWeb + MobileGmail + CanvasPrivacy-firstShipped in 4 days
Read case studyqobi-copilot.xyz
Star Taskz app
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Star Taskz Builder

A conversational-AI task manager you talk to — create, manage, and complete tasks through natural voice. Speech-to-text, intelligent reminders, productivity insights, and sync with GitHub and calendars for a fully connected workflow.

Conversational AISpeech-to-textCalendar · GitHub · Notion · JiraProductivity
Read case study
03 — Experience

Roles across fintech, government, and consumer markets.

Oct 2025 — Present
Softcom Limited
Lagos / Kigali
Solutions Architect+ embedded PM
  • Translated complex executive requirements into scalable, secure technical solutions.
  • Led cross-functional teams designing cloud infrastructure for national-scale government & financial institutions.
  • Delivered mission-critical work across access control, revenue digitization, and operational security.
2026 — Present
Qobi
Kigali, Rwanda
FounderALU Claude Builders Club
  • Built a privacy-first AI co-pilot for ALU students — read-only across Gmail and Canvas.
  • Designed cross-domain reasoning that traces one missed item across academics, finance, standing, and visa.
  • Built web and mobile in parallel and shipped a working product in 4 days at the Claude Builders Club hackathon.
Jun 2024 — Present
Troco Technologies
Lagos, Nigeria
Founding & Senior Software Engineer
  • Built the product from scratch and owned the technical foundation and architecture.
  • Spearheaded the strategic pivot repositioning Troco as a full marketplace app.
  • Directed a team of engineers and shipped core features across the product lifecycle.
Mar 2025 — Present
Orems Cybernetics
Lagos, Nigeria
Lead / Founding Engineer
  • Led the engineering effort for a mobile-first e-commerce and escrow platform.
  • Owned technical direction, architecture, and hands-on development end-to-end.
  • Implemented trust and security measures for digital transactions, zero to launch.
2025 — Present
Bloom
Lagos, Nigeria
Founding Engineer & Mobile Developer
  • Crafted the core mobile commerce experience across the full development lifecycle.
  • Translated product requirements into clean, performant, user-friendly features.
  • Ran regular code reviews and applied market research for competitiveness.
04 — Stack & Capabilities

The toolkit behind the work.

Leadership & Product

Solutions ArchitectureSystem DesignMicroservices ArchitectureTechnology LeadershipTechnology ManagementProduct ManagementEngineering Team LeadershipCritical ThinkingProblem Solving

Mobile

FlutterDartReact NativeAndroidiOSState ManagementRiverpodBlocReduxE-commerceUI/UXMobile App Development

Frontend & Web

Next.js 14React 18TypeScriptTailwind CSSshadcn/ui · RadixChart.jsFront-End DevelopmentWebsite Development

Backend

Spring BootJavaNode.js 20Express.jsNext.js API RoutesPrisma ORMSQLiteJWT · josebcryptZodBackend Development

DevOps & Practices

Docker · multi-stageDocker ComposeGitHub Actions CI/CDAWS EC2Software TestingESLintGitCloud Infrastructure

AI & Document Intelligence

Claude APILLM integrationConversational AISpeech-to-textTesseract.js OCRpdf-parse · pdf.jsRisk-scoring engineML data pipeline
05 — Education

Building the foundation, deliberately.

2026 — 2029 · In progress

African Leadership University

BSc — Software Engineering / AI & Machine Learning · Kigali, Rwanda
Grant-funded admission · came to ALU to do hard things.
2023 — 2025

National Institute of Information Technology

Professional Diploma — Full-Stack Software Engineering · Lagos
3.5 GPA · led the project team to 2nd place in a nationwide innovation hackathon — at 17.
2025

ALX

Professional Certificate — Back-End Software Engineering
2020 — 2023

Thames Valley College International

High School Diploma — Science · Lagos
06 — Testimonials

Words from the people I've built alongside.

Sample copy below — placeholders in Teni's voice. Swap in real quotes, names, and photos when you have them; the slider scales to as many as you add.

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He operates years beyond his age. We handed him an ambiguous, high-stakes brief and he came back with an architecture the entire senior team trusted on day one.

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A. O.Engineering Lead · Softcom (NDA)
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Teni built Troco from nothing and had a thousand people using it in three months. Rare to find someone who ships that fast and that carefully.

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R. A.Co-founder · Troco
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Calm, precise, and relentless. He reads the boring places so the important things don't stay unseen — and ships before anyone expects it.

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MentorALU Claude Builders Club
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The kind of engineer who is fluent with executives and code in the same meeting. He owns the whole problem, end to end.

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K. T.Product Partner
07 — Contact

Let's build something worth remembering.

Open to collaborations and opportunities that align with purpose, innovation, and real impact. The fastest way to reach me is email.