Daniel Monday-Ogidi · Software Engineer
I turnraw ideasinto software thatactually ships.
AI & CS grad, M.Sc. Applied Computing — building at the edge of business and technology.
About
👋 Pleased to meet ya.
I'masoftwareengineerandAIspecialistbasedinWaterloo,Canada.Ilovebuildingacrossthefullstack—butwhatI'mmostpassionateaboutisusingtechnologytosolveproblemsthatactuallymatter.FromleadingteamsataLondonstartuptotrainingAImodelsthatcutwaste,Ithrivewherebusinessmeetsinnovation.
3+
Years building
10+
Technologies
5+
Projects shipped
Selected work
What I've been working on.
2026
SnapLink
Production-grade URL Shortener
A fast, reliable URL shortener with Redis caching, Prometheus metrics, liveness/readiness probes, and Alembic migrations. FastAPI on the edge, Postgres for persistence, Redis for hot paths.
2025
Odera Academy
NDT Education Platform
An education management platform for Non-Destructive Testing students. Streamlines course delivery, student progress tracking, and assessment workflows for an entire training academy.
2023 — 2024
PinBin
Smart Waste Management
A React + Django app with IoT sensors (camera, ultrasonic, RFID) and a PyTorch CNN that classifies waste into 6 categories. Reduced bin overflow and unnecessary pickups for 500+ weekly disposals.
Timeline
How I got
here.
A decade of moves, milestones, and a whole lot of learning.
Chapter one · 01 / 06
Milan → Nigeria
A fresh start
Left the International School of Milan and moved back to Nigeria to complete my secondary school education.
University begins · 02 / 06
Birmingham, UK
Foundation year
Started my foundation year in Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Birmingham — the first step into the world of engineering.
First internship · 03 / 06
Coventry, UK
First tech role
Secured my first internship at Severn Trent Water as a Junior QA Analyst, shipping Selenium tests, Django features, and real-time monitoring with Prometheus.
BSc (Hons) · 04 / 06
Birmingham, UK
Graduation
Graduated from the University of Birmingham with a BSc (Hons) in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science.
Software Engineer · 05 / 06
London, UK
HeySalad
Joined HeySalad as a Software Engineer — led a team of 4, built React Native apps, and shipped AI-driven features on AWS and Google Vertex AI.
Present day · 06 / 06
Waterloo, Canada
M.Sc. Applied Computing
Started my M.Sc. in Applied Computing at Wilfrid Laurier University — deepening the foundation, building the next chapter.
Kind words
What people I've worked with have to say.
Severn Trent — Summer 2023
“IwouldsuggestifyouhavetheopportunitytoprovideDanielwitharolethendoso—Idonotthinkyou'llbedisappointed.”
Barney Longden
Senior Consultant · Cognizant
HeySalad — 2024 to 2025
“DanielisbyfaroneofthebestdevelopersIhavehadthepleasureofworkingwith.”
Tehillah Kangamba
Cyber Security & Software Developer · HeySalad
Tech stack
Tools I've built with.
React
Next.js
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Django
FastAPI
Node.js
PyTorch
Tailwind
Postgres
Redis
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
AWS
GCP
Git
Linux
Rust
Go
PrometheusReactNext.jsTypeScriptJavaScriptPythonDjangoFastAPINode.jsPyTorchTailwindPostgresRedisDockerKubernetesTerraformAWSGCPGitLinuxRustGoPrometheus