Silas Okanlawon
Available for full-time roles & contract jobs
Nigeria · UTC+1

Full-Stack Software Engineer

Building scalable web applications, distributed systems, and agentic AI tools.

I’m Silas Okanlawon. I design and ship production-grade software from core backends and databases to high-performance web frontends and AI agents. Five years shipping in production. 10+ live platforms. 99.9% uptime across critical services.

Primary Core Stack

Python

Services, AI, Tooling

Go

High-throughput, Concurrent APIs

TypeScript

Full-stack & Modern Web

Docker

Containerization & Deployments

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Silas Okanlawon

Lead Engineer & Full-Stack Builder

Current RolesLead @ Newtools · Co-Founder @ Rehub
SpecializationsMarketplaces, SaaS, AI, CLI Tools
Direct Emailokanlawonsilas@gmail.com

5+ Years

Shipping production software

10+ Apps

Full-stack products live

01 · Featured Projects

Selected production work & open-source systems.

Architected, built, and shipped. Spanning distributed backends, AI platforms, marketplace infrastructure, and developer tools.

01/AI Platform & SystemsActive DevelopmentMCP NativeAgent Runtime

OpenLotus

Independent Control Layer for Autonomous Development

Creator & Architect · 2026

Independent control layer for autonomous software development. It maintains project intent, state, decisions, and drift across AI coding agents, so switching harnesses never loses context. One pairing command connects a repo; Progress Map, Dashboard, and Agent Workspace read the same ground truth over MCP with zero repo permissions.

  • Maintains intent, state, decisions, and drift across Claude Code, OpenCode, Cursor, and any MCP client from one pairing command.
  • Progress Map, Dashboard, and Agent Workspace read the same ground truth, so agent and founder never re-explain context.
  • Local git is the first reality source; code never leaves the machine and pairing needs zero repo permissions.
PythonFastAPIPydantic AILangGraphTypeScriptNext.jsPostgreSQLMCPDocker
✓ One-command pairing · zero repo permissionsVisit live site
02/Marketplace & SaaS PlatformProduction ScaleLead ArchitectTelemetry Driven

Newtools.io

Curated Software & AI Tools Discovery at Scale

Lead Software Engineer · 2025 — Present

High-throughput software discovery platform indexing 850+ developer and SaaS tools across 33 categories. Features lightning-fast search, side-by-side spec comparison, automated tool categorization, and full telemetry tracking.

  • Engineered entire frontend and backend architecture with Next.js App Router and scalable Node.js microservices.
  • Integrated Cloudflare CDN caching and Redis layer for sub-50ms page load speeds across 850+ dynamic tool pages.
  • Instrumented deep user journey telemetry and error tracking with PostHog analytics and Sentry monitoring.
TypeScriptNext.jsNode.jsPostgreSQLRedisCloudflarePostHogSentryDocker
✓ 850+ verified tools · 33 categories live in productionVisit live platform
03/Agent Skill & Developer ToolAgent Skill5-Beat LoopOpen Source

vibe-to-ship

Verification and State Management for AI Coding Agents

Creator & Maintainer · 2026

Drop-in skill that installs a 5-beat operating loop — boot, triage, act, verify, learn — into Claude Code, OpenCode, Cursor, or any MCP-capable agent. Plain shell scripts check the repository instead of trusting the agent; pairing with OpenLotus MCP makes session memory persistent.

  • One git clone installs the skill; loop.sh dispatches boot, triage, act, verify, and learn from inside your project.
  • verify.sh converts "done" into evidence: build, tests, scope violations, and TODO debt computed from the repository.
  • triage.sh flags drift as High / Watch / Noise; learn writes MEMORY.md, or syncs persistent memory via OpenLotus MCP.
GitBashShell scripts
✓ Skill for Claude Code, OpenCode & Cursor · 5-beat loopView on GitHub
OpenLotusProgress Map · vibe-to-ship session MCP paired
boottriageactverifylearn
Skillvibe-to-ship
Loopboot → learn
MemoryOpenLotus MCP
04/Enterprise E-CommerceMulti-TenantReal-Time MessagingStripe Payments

Multi-Vendor Marketplace

Scalable Multi-Tenant Commerce & Order Orchestration

Full-Stack Developer (Teniam) · 2026

Complete multi-tenant e-commerce ecosystem powering customer storefronts, dedicated vendor sales management portals, and centralized super-admin governance with live order tracking and integrated messaging.

  • Architected multi-tenant database models and transactional checkout pipelines.
  • Implemented real-time buyer-seller communication channels and order timeline event streaming.
  • Built granular vendor dashboards for inventory management, payouts, and customer fulfillment tracking.
TypeScriptNext.jsNode.jsPostgreSQLDockerRedis
✓ Full vendor-to-buyer commerce loop in productionView platform
05/Open Source CLI ToolPyPI PackageCLI ToolingFastAPI

Pedestal

Production FastAPI Microservice CLI Generator

Creator · 2026

Developer CLI tool published on PyPI that instantly bootstraps production-grade FastAPI microservices configured out of the box with structured logging, JWT auth, SQLAlchemy/Postgres ORM, Redis caching, Docker containerization, and clean architectural separation.

  • Scaffolds clean-architecture FastAPI services with async PostgreSQL and Redis session layers in seconds.
  • Includes pre-configured Docker Compose stacks, database migrations with Alembic, and test suites.
  • Used as the foundational backend boilerplate for multiple client and personal production services.
PythonFastAPIDockerPostgreSQLRedis
✓ Published on PyPI · Production boilerplate in secondsView on PyPI
06/Applied AI & SaaSTransparent AIFull-Stack SaaS

MyResumeAI

Deterministic & Transparent Resume Evaluation Engine

Full-Stack Engineer · 2025

Applied AI evaluation system that performs rule-based and LLM-driven resume analysis. Unlike black-box scoring tools, every score improvement advice is directly mapped to specific contextual evidence and actionable industry benchmarks.

  • Designed hybrid evaluation pipelines combining deterministic rule validations with targeted LLM reasoning.
  • Engineered interactive real-time score breakdown dashboards with instant PDF parsing capabilities.
TypeScriptNext.jsPythonFastAPIPostgreSQLPrismaRedis
✓ Transparent scoring engine with zero hallucinated feedbackTry evaluator
07/Backend Systems · Open SourceConcurrencyStdlib OnlyOpen Source

overpass

Concurrent Load Balancer in Go

Creator · 2026

Concurrent L7 reverse proxy and load balancer in Go, stdlib only. Active health checks, per-backend circuit breakers, three balancing strategies, bounded retries, runtime drain, and Prometheus metrics in one binary.

  • Round-robin, least-connections, and random strategies over atomic counters with zero hot-path locks.
  • Breakers open on consecutive failures and half-open through active probes; retries stay bounded by backend count.
  • Sidecar admin API for live drain, JSON snapshots, and Prometheus exposition; graceful shutdown drains in flight.
GoDocker
✓ Single binary · stdlib only · testedView on GitHub
overpass · :8080all backends alive

Every request gets a backend. Every backend gets watched.

Strategies
RR · least-conn · random
Safety
Breaker + retry + drain
Visibility
Prometheus metrics

02 · Career & Roles

Work history & production experience.

Lead Software Engineer

Newtools.io

Mar 2025 — Present· Remote· Lead Role · Product Architecture

Directing full-stack architecture, API design, telemetry, and platform scaling for an AI & software discovery ecosystem indexing 850+ verified tools.

Architected resilient frontend and backend services using Next.js App Router, TypeScript, and Node.js microservices.
Implemented performance caching strategies with Cloudflare CDN and Redis, achieving sub-50ms page load speeds across 33 product categories.
Integrated real-time telemetry and error observability pipelines with PostHog analytics and Sentry monitoring.
Designed transparent sponsored placement and automated classification pipelines for software vendors.
TypeScriptNext.jsNode.jsPostgreSQLRedisCloudflarePostHogSentryDocker

Co-Founder & Lead Software Engineer

Rehub Developers

Jan 2024 — Present· Remote· Co-Founder · Full-Stack & Systems

Co-founded and leading engineering across the full stack: client-facing Next.js interfaces, FastAPI and Go microservices, RAG search pipelines, and containerized deployments across client platforms.

Shipping full-stack features end to end: responsive Next.js frontends backed by FastAPI and Go services, from database schema to deployed UI.
Co-founded engineering operations, architecting high-performance microservices using Python (FastAPI), Go, and Node.js deployed on Docker & Kubernetes clusters, maintaining 99.9% production uptime.
Built production Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) knowledge retrieval systems using LangChain, FAISS, and custom vector embeddings, improving query response accuracy by 25%.
Implemented automated CI/CD deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions with integrated Prometheus and Grafana health monitoring.
TypeScriptNext.jsPythonFastAPIGoPostgreSQLDockerKubernetesLangChainFAISS

Full-Stack Developer

Teniam

Jan 2026 — Apr 2026· Remote· Contract

Built and shipped an end-to-end multi-vendor e-commerce platform with real-time buyer-seller communication and multi-tenant order governance.

Developed unified order lifecycle dashboards spanning public buyer storefronts, private vendor portals, and master admin consoles.
Engineered live chat and notification streaming between buyers and merchants integrated into the order management state machine.
TypeScriptNext.jsNode.jsPostgreSQLDockerRedis

Data Scientist

SkillBoost Africa

Jul 2024 — Oct 2025· Remote· Contract

Mentored students in data science through hands-on Python, statistics, and machine learning coursework.

Mentored students 1:1 and in groups across Python, Pandas, SQL, and core machine learning concepts.
Reviewed coursework and capstone projects with actionable feedback on code quality and analysis.
PythonPandasSQLData Analytics

Freelance Full-Stack Developer

Self-Employed

2022 — Present· Remote· Client & Independent Software

Delivered 10+ custom production web apps, e-commerce storefronts, and automation systems for global founders and businesses.

Shipped full-lifecycle web products with SEO optimization, automated billing, payment integrations, and AI-assisted workflows.
PythonGoTypeScriptDockerPostgreSQLNext.js

03 · Technical Stack

Core technologies & engineering toolkit.

Rooted in Python, Go, TypeScript, and Docker, backed by full-stack cloud and AI tooling.

Core Foundations (Primary)

The tools I reach for first to build resilient, production systems.

01

Python

FastAPI, LangGraph, Pydantic, Microservices

Go

High-throughput concurrency, backend APIs

TypeScript

Type-safe full-stack web & API architecture

Docker

Containerization, reproducible multi-stage builds

Frontend & Modern Web

Performant, accessible, and SEO-optimized interfaces.

02
  • Next.js 15/16App Router, SSR, Turbopack
  • React 19Server Components, Hooks, State
  • TailwindCSSDesign token systems, responsive UI
  • JavaScriptESNext, runtime performance

Backend & Data Architecture

Relational data modeling, in-memory caching, and distributed queues.

03
  • FastAPIAsync REST services, OpenAPI specs
  • Node.jsEvent-driven microservices
  • PostgreSQLComplex relational schemas, indexing
  • RedisLow-latency caching & message queues
  • MongoDBDocument storage pipelines
  • PrismaType-safe schema migrations

Infrastructure, Cloud & Observability

Production infrastructure, automated deployments, and real-time telemetry.

04
  • KubernetesContainer orchestration, cluster scaling
  • AWSCloud compute, S3, RDS, networking
  • CloudflareEdge caching, DNS, security layers
  • PostHogProduct telemetry & user session analytics
  • SentryError tracking, performance tracing
  • GitHub ActionsAutomated CI/CD pipelines
  • PrometheusMetrics collection & service alerting
  • GrafanaCluster & application health dashboards

AI Systems & Agentic Workflows

Applied AI, MCP integrations, agent execution, and retrieval pipelines.

05
  • MCPModel Context Protocol server/client architecture
  • LangGraphStateful, cyclic multi-agent graph workflows
  • LangChainRAG pipelines & LLM orchestration
  • Bash / ShellCLI tooling, automation scripts, worktrees

Education & Verified Certifications

Degree

B.Sc. Computer Science

University of Ibadan

Certified

Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate

Google · 2023

Specialization

Full Stack Web Development

Udemy · 2022

Certified

Artificial Intelligence

HP Life · 2025