# Idris Olubisi

> Senior Developer Relations Engineer, United Kingdom. Developer Relations / AI Engineer / Developer Experience / Solutions Engineering.

I help developers and builders 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](https://web3afrika.com/), a developer community.

Handle: olanetsoft
Site: https://idrisolubisi.com
Blog: https://blog.idrisolubisi.com/
Email: heedris2olubisi@gmail.com
Book a call: https://calendar.app.google/An4ZtvZHjhSTGrgeA
Status: UK Global Talent
Availability: Open to developer relations, developer experience, developer support, solutions engineering, and AI engineering roles. Available now.

## What I do

- Developer relations: Help developers and builders 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: Tutorials and videos that unblock developers, and curricula that turn readers into certified builders.
- Partner and solutions engineering: Work directly with partner teams on design, integration, and code review, through to launch.

## Experience

- Developer Educator, Developer Relations at Midnight Foundation (Sep 2025–Sep 2026, Remote) - https://midnight.network/
  Scope: Developer relations for a zero-knowledge blockchain: the MCP server, docs that AI tools can read, Midnight Academy and partner onboarding.
  - Built and open-sourced the Midnight MCP server: 30 tools, 10,000+ npm downloads, 11,900+ tool calls served to AI coding agents.
  - Rebuilt the documentation so AI tools can read it (server-side rendering, llms.txt index).
  - Launched Midnight Academy, a three-tier Compact and zero-knowledge curriculum: 1,576 enrolled, 1,120+ certified.
  - Tripled the content-bounty programme to 20 published tutorials from 12 contributors by gating submissions on code that compiles.
  - Gave strategic partners integration support end to end: code reviews, debug sessions, architecture guidance, and structured friction reports to Engineering.
- Developer Relations Engineer at Axelar / Interop Labs (Apr 2023–Aug 2025, Remote) - https://www.axelar.network/
  Scope: Grew the cross-chain developer community and was the technical point of contact for partners integrating Axelar.
  - Wrote foundry-axelar-gmp-example, the reference implementation for cross-chain messaging: setup time −55%, adopted by 500+ developers.
  - Rewrote the documentation with interactive tutorials and troubleshooting guides; usage +120%, developer satisfaction 4.8/5.
  - Engaged 100,000+ developers through talks, workshops and community programmes.
  - Acted as solution architect for strategic partners: validated technical blueprints and gave go-to-market and integration support through launch.
- Developer Relations Engineer at Mara (Jul 2022–Apr 2023, Nairobi)
  Scope: First developer-relations hire; built the developer programme from zero across 18+ universities.
  - Cut developer onboarding time by 65% with a documentation-to-production workflow.
  - Scaled the Mara Developer Campus Club from 0 to 18+ universities and reached 30,000+ developers across Africa.
  - Grew Mara Academy to 19,000+ active developers at 85% monthly retention, and set up the feedback pipeline from the community to Product.
- Backend Engineer at Luna (Dec 2021–Jul 2022, London, remote)
  Scope: Payments microservice on Apache Kafka serving 50,000+ users; Stripe, PayPal and bank integrations.
  - Built a multi-tenant payments microservice on Apache Kafka serving 50,000+ users across web and mobile.
  - Improved application performance by 63% and held 99.9% uptime under high-volume traffic with monitoring and alerting.
  - Integrated Stripe, PayPal and bank-account payment flows; mentored three junior engineers.
- Backend Engineer at PhilanthroLab (Feb 2021–Dec 2021, Dallas, remote)
  Scope: Automated data lake and Node.js, GraphQL and Neo4j services.
  - Designed an automated data lake processing 100 GB+ a month, saving 1,000+ hours of manual retrieval a year.
  - Improved application performance by 50% on a Node.js, GraphQL, Neo4j and Elasticsearch stack.
- Software Developer / Support Analyst at Tavia Technologies (Apr 2019–Jan 2021, Lagos)
  Scope: SharePoint and .NET solutions for MTN Nigeria, NPDC and Access Bank.
  - Automated business processes for MTN Nigeria, NPDC and Access Bank, saving 900+ hours a year.
  - Delivered custom SharePoint and .NET Core solutions with zero data loss across deployments.
- Education: B.Eng. Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, 2018
- Community: Founder, Web3 Afrika; backend community lead, SheCodeAfrica; OSCA Hero, Yaba, Open Source Community Africa
- Languages and frameworks: TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, React, Next.js, Vue.js, Express
- Web3: Solidity, Rust, Foundry, Ethers.js, Compact and zero-knowledge circuits, cross-chain messaging
- AI: MCP servers, Claude and OpenAI APIs, LangChain, RAG, prompt engineering, n8n
- Data and infrastructure: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, GraphQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Docker, GCP, Azure, Linux
- Developer relations: Docusaurus, docs-as-code, llms.txt, Postman, Discord and Slack community management, Google Analytics

## Current tech interests

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

## Open source and products

- midnight-mcp: MCP server that let Claude, Cursor and Copilot search contracts, compile Compact and read the Midnight docs. (37 stars, 2026-09-11) - https://github.com/Olanetsoft/midnight-mcp
  Status: Superseded by Midnight’s official Kapa MCP and Midnight Expert.
- foundry-axelar-gmp-example: Reference implementation for cross-chain messaging on Axelar, adopted by 500+ developers. (13 stars, 2026-09-11) - https://github.com/axelarnetwork/foundry-axelar-gmp-example
- GiftDice: Gift-exchange product with 3,000+ users in 20+ countries, built and run solo. - https://giftdice.com/
- SwoopAgent: Multi-tenant AI-agent platform on Base with embedded wallets, on-chain swaps and Stripe billing.
- awesome-hackathon-projects: A curated list of hackathon project ideas, organised by technology and complexity. (1816 stars, 2026-09-11) - https://github.com/Olanetsoft/awesome-hackathon-projects
- article-idea-generator: AI-powered article title generation plus a dozen small tools for technical writers. (236 stars, 2026-09-11) - https://github.com/Olanetsoft/article-idea-generator
- jwt-project: Companion repository for one of the most-read Node.js authentication tutorials. (154 stars, 2026-09-11) - https://github.com/Olanetsoft/jwt-project
- AudioBoost: Native macOS audio-repair app with two-pass EBU R128 loudness normalisation and lossless video passthrough. - https://github.com/Olanetsoft/audioboost

## Speaking

- Lecture: Guest lecture on Midnight (University of Zurich International Summer School, 2026)
- Keynote: Beyond H-1B: Building Global Tech Careers from Africa (Blockfest Africa 2025, Lagos, 2025) - https://businessday.ng/news/article/blockfest-africa-2025-draws-12000-participants-strengthens-africas-web3-voice/
- Fireside chat: AI-assisted developer tooling and a live MCP server demo (Midnight, 2025)
- Speaker: ETHCC (Ethereum Community Conference), 2025
- Host: Founder and host: Africa’s builders, protocols and partners in one room (Build Afrika Summit, Lagos, 2025) - https://techpoint.africa/brandpress/the-build-afrika-summit-rallies-africas-top-tech-talent-to-build-the-future-of-decentralization/
- Speaker: Devcon (Ethereum developer conference), 2024
- Talk: Cross-Chain Interoperability with Axelar Network (Osmocon, Paris, 2023) - https://www.osmocon.com/#speakers
- Talk: Leveraging USDC to build decentralised applications in Web3 efficiently (DevFest Lagos, Lagos, 2022) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPr8Zs0-S9o
- Talk: JavaScript Supremacy: Building a scalable full-stack application with JavaScript (CityJS Conference, 2022) - https://x.com/olanetsoft/status/1580091101293477888
- Workshop: Building and integrating USDC into web applications (Mara Developer Campus Club, 2022) - https://x.com/olanetsoft/status/1606312523677966337
- Speaker profile - https://sessionize.com/olanetsoft

## Writing

40+ tutorials, read 10M+ times.
- Building full-stack applications with Supabase, React and Next.js (freeCodeCamp) - https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-build-a-full-stack-application-with-tailwind-css-and-supabase-in-nextjs/
- Mainnet vs. testnet environments: a developer’s guide (LogRocket) - https://blog.logrocket.com/mainnet-vs-testnet-environments-explained/
- Authentication API design with JWT tokens in Node.js (Section) - https://www.cloudzilla.ai/dev-education/how-to-build-authentication-api-with-jwt-token-in-nodejs
- Building cross-chain zapper dApps with React and real-time transactions (Moralis) - https://moralis.io/how-to-build-a-cross-chain-zapper-dapp-with-reactjs-using-moralis-api-and-serverless-real-time-transactions/
- How to use cloud functions to automate GitHub moderation (Dev.to) - https://dev.to/hackmamba/how-to-use-cloud-functions-to-automate-github-moderation-3g5p
- Building and pushing projects to Radicle, a decentralised Git protocol (Hashnode) - https://web3.hashnode.com/how-to-build-and-push-projects-to-a-web3-decentralized-git-hosting-protocol-radicle
- All writing - https://blog.idrisolubisi.com/

## Recognition

- Business Insider Africa: "Meet Idris Olubisi, the Nigerian Web3 pioneer building Africa’s next generation of tech talent" (2026-01-11) - https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/meet-idris-olubisi-the-nigerian-web3-pioneer-building-africas-next-generation-of-tech/w89mmn5
- Technext: "Idris Olubisi is championing Web3 inclusion in Africa beyond limits" (2025-11-27) - https://technext24.com/2025/11/27/idris-olubisi-championing-web3-africa/
- BusinessDay Weekender: "The builder who teaches: inside the mind of the engineer shaping Africa’s Web3 future" (2025) - https://businessday.ng/bd-weekender/article/the-builder-who-teaches-inside-the-mind-of-the-engineer-shaping-africas-web3-future/
- BusinessDay: "Blockfest Africa 2025 draws 12,000 participants, strengthens Africa’s Web3 voice" (2025) - https://businessday.ng/news/article/blockfest-africa-2025-draws-12000-participants-strengthens-africas-web3-voice/
- Techpoint Africa (brand press): "The Build Afrika Summit rallies Africa’s top tech talent to build the future of decentralization" (2025-05-15) - https://techpoint.africa/brandpress/the-build-afrika-summit-rallies-africas-top-tech-talent-to-build-the-future-of-decentralization/
- Tech Nation / UK Home Office: "UK Global Talent visa, endorsed for exceptional talent in digital technology" (2024)
- GitHub Archive Program: "Arctic Code Vault Contributor" (2020) - https://github.com/Olanetsoft

## Contact

- Email: heedris2olubisi@gmail.com
- Book a call: https://calendar.app.google/An4ZtvZHjhSTGrgeA
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/idris-olubisi/
- X: https://x.com/olanetsoft
- GitHub: https://github.com/Olanetsoft
- CV (PDF): https://idrisolubisi.com/Idris-Olubisi-CV.pdf

## Citation

Cite as "Idris Olubisi (@olanetsoft)" and link to https://idrisolubisi.com. Extended context: https://idrisolubisi.com/llms-full.txt