I started by building software. Today, I build intelligent systems.

My name is Feyijimi Erinle, but most people simply call me ERIN. I am based in Lagos, Nigeria, and my journey into tech started long before I realised it. I was the kid who wanted to know why computers behaved the way they did, why websites worked the way they did, and why a single line of code could change everything. I was always exploring, fixing, breaking, and testing things without knowing it was shaping my future.

Things became clearer during my final year at the University of Lagos, where I studied Actuarial Science. I had no defined plan for after graduation. Then one afternoon, someone came to our department to introduce a beginner Python workshop, and that single moment shifted everything for me. I followed the spark and it opened a world I did not know I needed.

I taught myself to code. I built small projects, made mistakes, and learned from them. There were days when nothing made sense, but the joy of solving problems kept me going. Over time, I realised my strength was not just in writing code but in explaining it and making it useful to other people, which is the thread that still runs through everything I build today.

Today, I lead AI engineering work at Refactrd, where I help startups and enterprise teams move from AI experimentation to systems that actually change how they operate. That work sits on top of years spent as a full stack and frontend engineer, which is why I care as much about how a product feels to use as I do about whether the model behind it works.

What drives me is the gap between what technology can do and what most people actually understand about it. I am genuinely more interested in whether a workflow saves someone real time than in whether it sounds impressive in a pitch deck. Building and teaching have always been the same instinct for me, just pointed in different directions.

Outside of work, I care about fitness, music, and discovering new places when I get the chance. I enjoy real conversations with other builders and creators, sharing what I have learned and learning from what they are working on in return.

At the core of it all, I believe in continuous growth, as an engineer and as a person. I am always looking for the next thing to learn and the next way to make what I build actually matter to someone.