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Author Now
Nov 2025 - present
About
I build products, mostly mobile and web, with a focus on healthcare and education. I love Angular, Ionic and community building. I have spoken on all 6 continents. Outside work, I love martial arts, travelling and learning about cultures, and Avatar is the best movie of all time.
Based in United Kingdom
Introduction
- First role
- Sep 2012Software Test Engineer, Anritsu
- Graduated
- Jul 2014Brunel University London
- First book
- Jan 2016Ionic Framework By Example
- Now
- Since Jun 2026AI Engineering Lead, MindLife UK
I speakEnglishHausaFrenchArabic
I founded Haibrid, a London mobile studio, in 2015. At MindLife UK, which I first joined in 2016, I work on software for NHS mental-health services. I wrote Ionic Framework By Example for Packt and have taught on DataCamp and LinkedIn Learning. I build with TypeScript, Angular, Ionic and NestJS, with Claude Code at the centre of my workflow.
Sani Yusuf is the founder of Haibrid, a London mobile studio. He is also AI Engineering Lead at MindLife UK. He built software there for NHS mental-health services from 2016 to 2025 and has led MindLife's AI engineering since June 2026. He is a Packt author, a DataCamp and LinkedIn Learning instructor, an international conference speaker and the creator of BeltStripe, Advocad and Kratu.
Sani Yusuf is AI Engineering Lead at MindLife UK, a digital-therapeutics company. He first joined MindLife in September 2016 and worked there until November 2025, developing AI-Leap, the platform MindLife uses to build digital mental-health treatments, and software for NHS clinical trials. He led the implementation of the software for the StratCare trial, published in JAMA Psychiatry with 951 patients, and implemented AiOracle, a progress-feedback tool for therapists. Since June 2026, as AI Engineering Lead, he leads MindLife's adoption of AI in engineering, with Claude Code central to the workflow.
He wrote Ionic Framework By Example (Packt, 2016), whose chapters also appear in two Packt Learning Paths. He has made courses on Ionic and MongoDB Cloud for LinkedIn Learning. At DataCamp he is listed as co-instructor of Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming in Java and revamped Introduction to Python for Developers; the DataCamp courses he worked on have more than 190,000 enrolments. He has also trained developers in Angular and Ionic for Oasis Digital Solutions, mentored for OpenClassrooms and led developer relations for the Fleksy keyboard SDK.
Since 2015 he has made 36 appearances at 24 conferences and given talks in 23 countries on six continents, at events including ng-conf, AngularConnect, AngularUP, ngVikings, ComponentsConf, Voxxed Days Zurich and WeAreDevelopers. His most recent talk, at NG Kenya '26 in Nairobi, showed how AI coding agents work with Angular. He was a Google Developer Expert for Angular from 2017 to 2021 and a Microsoft MVP in 2022, is an Ionic Developer Expert, and co-founded the Ionic UK meetup.
He also builds his own products: BeltStripe, software for martial-arts academies that grew out of the paper attendance cards at the Jiu-Jitsu academy where he trained; Advocad, which measures the reach of developer-advocacy work; and Kratu, an offline, voice-first literacy tutor for children, made for the Nigerian context. Earlier he worked on the Sworkit and Perkbox mobile apps and founded Haibrid, a London mobile studio.
He graduated from Brunel University London in 2014 with a degree in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering), winning the Made in Brunel Data Innovation Prize. He speaks English and Hausa, took up Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in London and was promoted to blue belt in September 2024, and has visited 52 countries.
Experience
16
MindLife UK Ltd
2016–now · Engineering
AI Engineering Lead Now
Jun 2026 - present
Engineering Lead
Sep 2016 - Nov 2025
Hospitable.com
2026–2026 · Engineering
Senior Front-End Product Engineer
Feb 2026 - May 2026
UCC Coffee UK & Ireland
2025–2026 · Engineering
AI Product Engineer
Nov 2025 - Feb 2026
Oasis Digital Solutions
2016–2025 · Training and mentoring
Angular & Ionic Trainer
Nov 2016 - Nov 2025
DataCamp
2025–2025 · Courses and content
Lead Software Engineering Content Developer
Jan 2025 - Jun 2025
OpenClassrooms
2021–2025 · Training and mentoring
Web Development Mentor
Oct 2021 - Jan 2025
LinkedIn Learning
2016–2025 · Courses and content
Course Author
Sep 2016 - Jan 2025
Fleksy
2022–2023 · Developer relations
Head of Developer Relations
Apr 2022 - Jan 2023
Affinidi
2021–2022 · Courses and content
Technical Video Content Creator
Oct 2021 - Jan 2022
Sworkit
2015–2016 · Engineering
Mobile Consultant
Aug 2015 - Mar 2016
Perkbox
2013–2015 · Engineering
Lead Mobile Consultant
Sep 2013 - Aug 2015
Microsoft
2013–2014 · Developer relations
Windows 8 Go-To Ambassador
Sep 2013 - May 2014
Anritsu Ltd
2012–2013 · Engineering
Software Test Engineer
Sep 2012 - Aug 2013
No organisations of this type.
Worked with
15
MicrosoftWindows 8 Go-To Ambassador, then Microsoft MVP2013-2014, 2022Role in Experience 
AltecPrivate Angular Boot Camp class in Birmingham, Alabama, taught for Oasis Digital2018
Saudi AramcoAngular class in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, booked through Oasis Digital (a Valiantys company)2024
Oasis DigitalAngular & Ionic trainer (Angular Boot Camp) in the UK, Europe, the US and Saudi Arabia2016-2025Role in Experience 
AnritsuSoftware test engineer: built the build-release tool and ran 2G/3G protocol testing2012-2013Role in Experience 
PerkboxLead mobile consultant: led the team that built the Perkbox iOS and Android apps2013-2015Role in Experience 
OpenClassroomsWeb development mentor: mentored 31 students one-to-one on the Web Developer path, including company-funded and DfE Skills Bootcamp learners2021-2024Role in Experience 
AffinidiTechnical video content creator: Web 3.0 and self-sovereign identity videos for developers2021-2022Role in Experience 
DataCampLead software-engineering content developer; instructor on DataCamp courses2025Role in Experience 
HospitableSenior front-end product engineer: primary front-end engineer on the Hospitable Tasks PWA2026Role in Experience 
UCC Coffee UK & IrelandAI product engineer: moved the Coffee Works field app to the latest Ionic2025-2026Role in Experience 
MindLife UKEngineering lead, now AI engineering lead: built AI-Leap and NHS mental-health softwareSince 2016Role in Experience 
PenskeTwo Angular Boot Camp classes in Reading, Pennsylvania, taught for Oasis Digital2019
St Helens CouncilFour-day onsite Angular, Cordova and Ionic training in St Helens2019
NHS · LHISIonic and Angular training for the Leicestershire Health Informatics Service in Leicester; LHIS's Ionic apps became Ionic's NHS case study2018
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Awards
7
Developer programmes
Ionic Developer ExpertIonic2020-presentCurrentDetails(opens in a new tab)
Google Developer Expert for Web (Angular)Google2017-2021FormerDetails(opens in a new tab)
Microsoft MVPMicrosoft2022FormerAlumni badge 2023Details(opens in a new tab)
Earlier prizes
- Made in Brunel 2014, Data Innovation PrizeBrunel University London2014
- Windows Phone Incentives Programme UKMicrosoft2012Details(opens in a new tab)
- Samsung Bada Student Developer ChallengeSamsung2011
- Windows Phone rewards programme recognition (Traffic Tweet)Microsoft
Communities
4
Community builder
Ionic UK
Co-creator and co-organiser
2014-2018 · 811 members (Sep 2019)
The London Ionic meetup he co-founded in Dec 2014; 114 people came to its launch event. The group has since closed.
8 meetups in London, 2015-2018
The Meetup group no longer exists.
London MongoDB User Group
Creator and organiser; first-listed leader
2023-present · 405 members (30 Sep 2026)
13 meetups since 2023; I hosted 5
MongoDB Creator / Community Champion, 2023-present
Meetup page for London MongoDB User Group (opens in a new tab)
Ionic Nigeria
Ran the first meetup and hackathon
2015-2016
Adventures in Angular podcast
Panelist
2021-2022
Expertise
24
Front end5
Angularsince 2015 TypeScriptsince 2016 JavaScriptsince 2014 Tailwind CSS PWAsince 2016
Mobile3
Ionicsince 2014 Capacitor Apache Cordovasince 2014
Back end & data5
Node.js NestJS MongoDBsince 2021 Firebasesince 2015 Stripe
AI3
Claude Codesince 2025 Claude API ONNX Runtime Web
Other languages3
Python Java C# (.NET)since 2012
Tooling & testing5
Railway GitHub Actions Nx Cypress Jest
Logos from Simple Icons. Angular logo by Google, CC BY 4.0.
Contact
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Education
4
Brunel University London
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence & Software Engineering) with Professional Practice
2011 – 2014 · Grade: 2:1 (Upper Second Class)
- Won the 2011 Samsung Bada Student Developer Challenge, one of several codeathons
- Made in Brunel 2014 Data Innovation Prize for my final-year mobile health app
FootballBungee jumpingParkour
Brunel University London Pathway College (LBIC)
Foundation & Diploma in IT, leading to Computer Science
2010 – 2011 · Grade: 1st Class
- Student mentor and student rep
FootballStudent mentorStudent rep
Loral International Secondary School
WASSCE O Levels: English Language, Geography, Physics, Economics, Chemistry, Agricultural Science, Biology
- Graduated with the highest testimonial accreditation
- Graduated as Social Prefect
FootballTable tennisBadmintonAthleticsDramaComputer Society
Galilee International Management Institute (GIMI)
Certificate: Development of a Sustainable Aquaculture
Oct 2020