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Khaleed builds automation systems that run without babysitting.

AI Automation Engineer turning manual business operations such as payments, billing, customer messaging into systems that work while you sleep. Self-taught, shipped in production, built for real operators.

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Live example of one of my automation pipelines

Payment received (Paystack)

n8n workflow triggered

Receipt generated

Sent via WhatsApp ✓

ABOUT

From building interfaces to building the systems behind them.

I started as a self-taught web developer, then moved deliberately into AI automation because I wanted to solve operational problems, not just build screens. Since then I've shipped tools for real business operators in Nigeria: a hotspot billing platform for cafés and gyms, a school-fee collection system with automated WhatsApp receipts, and production payroll infrastructure as a backend developer.

My focus is the layer of a business that's unglamorous but critical: getting money collected, customers notified, and workflows running without someone manually pushing buttons. I work across n8n, Zapier, Notion, Google AIs and Workplace Tools, Slack, NocoDB, Paystack, WhatsApp Cloud API, MikroTik, and GoHighLevel, and I'm comfortable owning a problem from architecture through deployment.

I'm currently looking for a team building AI-native products where I can bring that same ownership.

STACK

Tools I reach for.

AUTOMATION & BACKEND

PAYMENTS & BILLING

MESSAGING & CRM

NETWORKING & INFRA

ALSO COMFORTABLE WITH

SELECTED WORK

Systems I've shipped.

WiFi Hotspot Billing System

● shipped

PROBLEM Cafés, gyms, and small venues want to monetize WiFi access but have no affordable way to bill customers or manage vouchers without hiring IT staff.

BUILT A billing platform combining PHPNuxBill, a virtualized MikroTik router (CHR), and Paystack for payments. Customers pay and get instant hotspot access, fully automated, no manual voucher generation.

CHALLENGES SOLVED Docker/MariaDB deployment issues, WSL2 networking limitations with MikroTik CHR, and MikroTik API routing, validated end-to-end with a working demo before hardware rollout.

PHPNuxBillMikroTik CHRPaystack APIDocker

School Fee Collection Automation

● shipped

PROBLEM School proprietors manually chase fee payments and generate receipts by hand — slow, error-prone, and a common source of disputes.

BUILT An end-to-end n8n workflow: parents pay via Paystack → the system auto-generates a PDF receipt via Gotenberg → the receipt is delivered instantly over WhatsApp and Telegram, with records logged in NocoDB.

n8nNocoDBPaystack APIWhatsApp Cloud APITelegram Bot APIGotenberg

Payroll & HR Systems — CareerPay

● production

ROLE Backend Developer Intern at a Nigerian HR/payroll platform.

CONTRIBUTED Built and maintained parts of the payroll engine, worked on ESOP (employee stock option) management, implemented background job processing with BullMQ, and integrated Brevo for transactional email delivery.

Node.jsBullMQBrevoPayroll logic

HOW I WORK

The order I actually build in.

STAGE 1

Understand the real workflow

Not the tech but the business process underneath it. Automation built on a misunderstood workflow just automates the wrong thing, faster.

STAGE 2

Build the smallest version that works

Validate before scaling. A working demo beats a polished plan every time.

STAGE 3

Automate the error-prone parts

Payments, notifications, and record-keeping. The places where manual steps cost money or trust.

STAGE 4

Ship where real users touch it

Not just in a demo environment but in production, with real payments and real customers.

EXPERIENCE

Where I've worked.

Recent

Backend Developer Intern — CareerPay

Nigerian HR / Payroll Platform

Built and maintained components of the payroll engine
Implemented ESOP (employee stock option) management features
Set up BullMQ-based background job queuing for payroll processing
Integrated Brevo for transactional email workflows

Ongoing

Independent AI Automation Developer

Self-directed & client work

Designed and shipped a WiFi hotspot billing system for small venues
Built a school fee collection automation pipeline end-to-end
Delivered GoHighLevel CRM automation for medspa and gym clients