Senior Frontend Developer & Former Engineering Manager

Adrian Snelling:
Building the Future
of EdTech & AI

Senior frontend engineer with proven leadership experience, specializing in AI-powered products, scalable architectures, and high-performance user experiences for startups and enterprises.

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The Engineer

Hands-on Technical Expertise

AI Foundation Team at Studocu

Currently building cutting-edge AI features that serve millions of students worldwide. Architecting scalable frontend systems that integrate seamlessly with OpenAI APIs and custom machine learning models.

Tech Stack Mastery

React.jsTypeScriptNext.jsOpenAI APINode.jsGraphQL

High-Scale Systems

  • Designed and implemented AI-powered study tools used by 10M+ students
  • Optimized frontend performance for sub-second load times at scale
  • Built reusable component libraries used across multiple product teams
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Career Highlights

Studocu Experience

Senior Frontend Developer – AI Foundation TeamOct 2025 – Present
Engineering Manager – Payments & AI TeamsDec 2022 – Oct 2025
Senior / Frontend Developer – Studocu Core ProductJul 2021 – Dec 2022

4+ years building AI-driven EdTech products serving 10M+ students. Transitioned from hands-on engineer to leadership and back, combining architecture of AI features with strategic ownership of Payments and AI teams.

🚀 Led Payments & AI teams to ship AI-powered study tools at scale, integrating custom models and OpenAI APIs into Studocu's core experience.

Education

Honours Degree, Information Technology (2016)

University of the Free State — BSc Information Technology (2013–2015)

Strong foundation in computer science, algorithms, and software engineering principles

Career Path

Beyond Code

A few things that inspire me and keep me curious

Reading

The Software Engineers Guidebook

Gergely Orosz

AI Engineering

Chip Huyen

The Way of Kings

Brandon Sanderson

Listening

The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast

The Race F1 Podcast

The Football Ramble

Hobbies

Formula 1Working outTravelGaming

Always exploring new ideas and experiences that challenge conventional thinking