Kayode Olayiwola

Building products.
Scaling teams.
Shaping the future of AI.

Engineering Executive and Co-founder focused on AI infrastructure, customer intelligence, and identity systems across Africa.

Building products that matter

I'm Head of Engineering at Prembly and Co-founder of Cuoral, where we're building the world's first Silent Churn Intelligence Platform.

Over the past decade, I've led engineering teams and built products used by governments, fintechs, and enterprises across Africa. From identity infrastructure serving millions to AI-powered customer intelligence systems, I focus on solving complex problems that create real business impact.

Technology is only valuable when it helps people make better decisions. That's the software I build.

What I'm building

Prembly

Head of Engineering

Leading engineering, security, and platform infrastructure for Africa's premier identity verification company. Building systems that power businesses across 30+ countries.

Identity Infrastructure Fraud prevention Systems Security Distributed Systems
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Cuoral

Co-founder

Building the Silent Churn Intelligence Platform. Using AI to help businesses understand customer behavior and detect friction before customers leave.

AI/ML Customer Intelligence Churn Prevention Behavior Analytics Silent Churn Intelligence
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Career highlights

2024–Present

Head of Engineering

Prembly (YC W22)

Leading engineering, security, and platform infrastructure for Africa's premier identity verification company serving 30+ countries.

2024–Present

Co-founder

Cuoral

Building the Silent Churn Intelligence Platform using AI to help businesses understand customer behavior and detect friction.

2023–2024

Engineering Lead

3MTT • Federal Government of Nigeria

Led engineering for Nigeria's largest technical talent initiative, building infrastructure to train 3 million developers.

2021–2023

Lead Software Engineer

Identitypass

Built core identity verification infrastructure, government integrations, and API platforms powering fintech across Africa.

2019–2021

Technical Lead

BigFix

Led engineering delivery for enterprise applications and managed development teams.

Areas of focus

AI Products

Building AI-native SaaS products that solve real business problems at scale

Engineering Leadership

Scaling teams, defining architecture, and building high-performance engineering cultures

Infrastructure

Distributed systems, cloud platforms, identity services, and payment infrastructure

Customer Intelligence

Behavior analytics, session replay, and AI-powered churn prediction systems

Fraud Detection

Building sophisticated fraud engines and risk management systems for financial services

Complex Problem Solving

Architecting solutions for critical business challenges at the intersection of technology and scale

Learning & development

Stanford University
INSEAD
Nexford University
LASUSTECH
The Polytechnic, Ibadan

Let's work together

Building something ambitious? I'd love to hear about it.