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Builder. Systems thinker. Seven years in the work.

I'm Franklin — a web systems and AI automation engineer based in Waterloo, Ontario. I came to Canada as an international student and built my technical career from the ground up.

Working model

Product, AI, automation, data, and infrastructure need to behave like one system.

Product
AI
Data
Automation
APIs
Infra
Delivery
Mapping system topology

I started with the basics: HTML, CSS, JavaScript. Over time I moved into full-stack engineering, product leadership, and eventually co-founded a startup. I've built platforms that scaled to thousands of users and shipped a blockchain product that helped raise $2.4M.

But I kept returning to the same gap: the difference between what technology promises and what it actually delivers for people doing real work. That's the space I work in: the practical layer where websites, internal tools, intake flows, and intelligent automations meet.

I've lived the operational chaos these systems are meant to solve. That experience shapes how I build: stay close to the problem, find the real bottleneck, and create something dependable that a team can actually run with.

I came to Canada with a plan and not much else. I built the plan as I went. That experience — navigating systems that weren't designed for you, making decisions under real pressure, finding solutions when the conventional path isn't available — shapes how I approach every build.

I work independently and bring in a vetted network of 40+ specialists when a project needs to scale. I'm direct about what I can and can't do. I respond fast. I document everything.

What I use most.

Agent Work & LLMs

OpenAI · Claude · Gemini · Prompt engineering · Tool calling · Retrieval · Evaluation

Automation & Integrations

n8n · Make · Zapier · REST APIs · GraphQL · Webhooks · Background jobs

Product Engineering

Node.js · TypeScript · Python · React · Next.js · PostgreSQL · Supabase

Infrastructure

Azure · AWS · DigitalOcean · Docker · CI/CD · GitHub Actions

Methods

System design · API architecture · Technical delivery · Product thinking

Let's build something worth building.

Waterloo, Ontario. Working with clients globally.