UK Global Talent

Idris Olubisi

Senior Developer Relations Engineer

I help developers succeed on technical products. I build the tools, guides, and programs that take an engineer from first look to production, and I’ve done it for developer platforms in AI and blockchain since 2019. Most recently at Midnight and Axelar. Founder of Web3 Afrika, a developer community.

Open to developer relations, developer experience, developer support, solutions engineering, and AI engineering roles. Available now.

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Idris Olubisi

What I do

Developer relations
Help developers understand and adopt a product, and bring their feedback back to the product and engineering teams.
Developer tools and AI
Build tools that make a product easier to use, including AI-powered tools and ones that run AI models locally.
Documentation and education
Write guides and build courses that turn readers into working builders.
Partner and solutions engineering
Work directly with partner teams on design, integration, and code review, through to launch.

Experience

  1. Sep 2025–Sep 2026

    Midnight Foundation, Developer Educator, Developer Relations

  2. Apr 2023–Aug 2025

    Axelar / Interop Labs, Developer Relations Engineer

  3. Jul 2022–Apr 2023

    Mara, Developer Relations Engineer

  4. Dec 2021–Jul 2022

    Luna, Backend Engineer

  5. Feb 2021–Dec 2021

    PhilanthroLab, Backend Engineer

  6. Apr 2019–Jan 2021

    Tavia Technologies, Software Developer / Support Analyst

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Current tech interests

AI agents, Model Context Protocol, LangChain, documentation for AI agents, zero-knowledge proofs, cross-chain interoperability and developer relations.

Selected speaking

Recordings on YouTube; full list on Sessionize.

  1. 2026

    Guest lecture on Midnight

    Lecture at University of Zurich International Summer School

  2. 2025

    Beyond H-1B: Building Global Tech Careers from Africa

    Keynote at Blockfest Africa 2025, Lagos

  3. 2025

    Founder and host: Africa’s builders, protocols and partners in one room

    Host at Build Afrika Summit, Lagos

  4. 2025

    AI-assisted developer tooling and a live MCP server demo

    Fireside chat at Midnight

  5. 2023

    Cross-Chain Interoperability with Axelar Network

    Talk at Osmocon, Paris

  6. 2022

    Leveraging USDC to build decentralised applications in Web3 efficiently

    Talk at DevFest Lagos, Lagos

  7. 2022

    JavaScript Supremacy: Building a scalable full-stack application with JavaScript

    Talk at CityJS Conference

  8. 2022

    Building and integrating USDC into web applications

    Workshop at Mara Developer Campus Club

Selected writing

40+ tutorials, read by 200,000+ developers a year.

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Recognition

Contact

For roles, speaking or advising: book a call or email me.

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Also on LinkedIn, GitHub, X, YouTube and my blog.