# James Ofori Ayerakwa — CV

Lead Frontend & Applied AI Engineer · Abu Dhabi, UAE

## Profile

I am a frontend and applied AI engineer. I have been coding since 2019 and building production web and mobile products professionally since 2020, in TypeScript, React, Next.js and React Native. I lead the frontend of Verinvo, a Ministry of Finance-accredited e-invoicing platform in the UAE, at Oxinus Holdings (IHC Group), and helped build its AI agent, Ask Verinvo, with colleagues across product, MCP tooling and backend. Outside work I co-founded Hisab, started DrivingInstructor.ae, and have led engineering at Dawurobo in Ghana since 2021.

## Core strengths

- **Applied AI engineering.** I build LLM agents, voice features, MCP servers and document and photo extraction, and I design them so the AI only sees anonymised data.
- **Regulated, data-heavy products.** I have built e-invoicing that meets national rules, as well as payments, logistics and marketplaces.
- **Taking products from idea to launch.** I take products from an idea to launch across mobile, web and API, and I help small teams ship more by sharing AI-assisted workflows.
- **Team leadership.** I lead the engineering team at Dawurobo, I led a frontend team at Hexlen, and I introduced the AI workflow the Verinvo frontend team uses today.
- **Frontend architecture.** I build shared permission and design-system packages, and interfaces in English, Arabic, Hindi and Urdu, including right-to-left layouts.

## Experience

- **Lead Frontend Engineer**, Oxinus Holdings (IHC Group), Abu Dhabi (Feb 2024 — now). I lead the frontend of Verinvo. I built the Oxigen MCP server and helped build Ask Verinvo with the team.
- **Co-founder & Product Lead**, Hisab, UAE (2026 — now). I took Hisab from an idea to the App Store and Google Play.
- **Founder**, DrivingInstructor.ae, Abu Dhabi (2025 — now). I built it to help learners in Abu Dhabi through the whole licence process, from finding an instructor to the road test.
- **VP of Engineering & Equity Partner**, Dawurobo, Ghana · remote (Mar 2021 — now). I lead the team building delivery, payments and e-commerce products.
- **Frontend Engineer**, DAT Engineering Consultancy / Yallah Property, Dubai & Abu Dhabi (Sep 2022 — Jan 2024). I built an attendance app, an internal operations platform and a property marketplace.
- **Frontend Development Manager**, Hexlen, Remote (Apr 2021 — Jan 2022). I led a small frontend team delivering client projects.
- **Web Developer**, MCAT Global, Remote (Nov 2020 — Mar 2022). I built web applications and interfaces for client projects.

## Skills

- **Languages:** TypeScript, JavaScript, Python (scripting), HTML, CSS
- **Frontend & mobile:** React, Next.js, React Native, Expo, Tailwind CSS, NativeWind
- **Backend & data:** Node.js, REST APIs, Postgres (Neon), SQLite, Drizzle ORM, Firebase / Firestore
- **Applied AI:** Vercel AI SDK, Gemini, Claude API & Claude Code, MCP servers, Agentic workflows, Structured extraction
- **Blockchain:** ADI Chain (IHC L2), Viem, Solidity basics
- **Tools:** Git, Vercel, EAS, PostHog, RevenueCat, Figma, pnpm monorepos, CI/CD

## Education and other

- Google IT Support Professional Certificate · Andela React Learning Program (Web Application Developer)
- Founder, OJA Studios — documentary production company in Ghana behind “The Rise Of”.
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