Raheem Lawal

Software engineer. Full-stack and iOS, across aerospace, sports tech, education and blockchain.

lawalraheem@gmail.comgithubrésumé

Experience

  • Boeing

    2025–

    Senior Software Engineer

    • Build a distributed framework storing and transferring 1TB of training data for internal AI models (Argo, Python, Docker, Kubernetes).
    • Harden geosynchronous satellite backend software through test-case refactoring and codebase remodeling, increasing coverage by 60% (TypeScript, Python, AWS S3).
    • Own the DevOps CI/CD pipeline for a team of 10 engineers, cutting deployment time by 10 minutes (GitLab).

  • Northrop Grumman

    2020–25

    Software Engineer + Associate Software Engineer

    • Deployed a full-stack AI chatbot (React, Python, Llama 3, RAG) letting hardware engineers query spacecraft test interfaces and generate test scripts on demand.
    • Led a custom full-stack web application (React, Python) automating internal engineering scripts and tasks, saving 20 hours a month.
    • Built and led a real-time web data visualization platform (Vue, Python) for 50 test engineers, reducing spacecraft commanding decision latency by 15%.
    • Modernized a 20-year-old legacy system into a desktop application (TypeScript, Vue, Electron).
    • Shipped weekly patches for a multi-layered spacecraft test interface (Java, SQL).
    • Delivered a distributed control system across software and embedded hardware to monitor and analyze a propelled sled (Python, Real-Time OS, FPGA, LabVIEW).
    • Built a custom REST API client (C#) for an internal server tool, saving 8 hours per week.

Ventures

  • Electrolyte

    2026–

    iOS language training for athletes, with an adaptive daily plan.

    SwiftUISupabasePostgresAPNs

  • RigNest

    2026–

    Fleet and payroll operations for contractors, with effective-dated pay rates and a driver portal.

    ReactTypeScriptSupabaseVercel

  • Built By Friday

    2022–

    Software agency for startups and small businesses: automations, custom software and architecture consulting.

    ReactTypeScriptPythonSupabase

  • Dably

    2023–25

    Education platform. CTO for the admin suite and the user-facing apps.

    ReactFastAPISupabaseRailway

Education

  • MS Management

    2024–26

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Cozad New Venture Challenge, Commitment to Entrepreneurship prize

  • BS Computer Science

    2016–20

    George Mason University

    Division 1 men's soccer, 30 hrs/week · NSBE executive board senator

Projects

Mostly built under Built By Friday. Some products, some experiments.

  • Too Fast Too Slow

    2023–

    Reflex timing game on the App Store.

    SwiftUIGame CenterStoreKit

  • Lemonpepper

    2025

    Fitness app with an AI running coach, synced to Apple Watch and Garmin.

    SwiftUIFastAPIGPT-4HealthKit

  • HeemToken

    2021–22

    BEP-20 token on Binance Chain, with its own information site.

    SolidityReactTruffleNetlify

Skills

Languages & frameworks
TypeScriptJavaScriptReactPythonJavaNode + ExpressSwiftVueSoliditySQL
Certifications & awards
Docker ContainerizationBlockchain AnalyticsNorthrop Grumman BRAVO Award ×3
Languages
EnglishSpanishFrenchYorubaArabic