2026-07-15 –, S4
Remember spending entire afternoons configuring data connectors, debugging OAuth flows, and writing custom parsers just to ingest data from a single API? What if you could just say pipeline source add feast and have your pipeline automatically discover the API, handle authentication, and start ingesting data no config files, no setup wizards, no SDK imports?
In this 30-minute talk, I'll show you the reality behind self-configuring data pipelines that sound too good to be true but actually work. Using a fraud detection use case Feast feature store, MLflow experiment tracking, Prometheus metrics, and Linear for issue tracking we'll explore how intelligent connectors leverage LLM-driven API discovery, automatic credential management, self-healing auth, and cursor-based checkpointing to eliminate the traditional pain points of data ingestion.
We'll be honest about the tradeoffs too.
Olusola Lanre Akinsulere is an engineering leader and backend specialist with over seven years of experience building reliable systems at scale. He has led teams across fintech, commerce, and platform products shipping high-throughput services and processing high-volume transactions in demanding, latency-sensitive environments.
His technical depth spans distributed systems, payments infrastructure, and data-driven platforms. He is known for bringing clarity to complex codebases, making hard architectural calls under tight timelines, and consistently delivering on commitments.
He currently focuses on combining robust backend architecture with applied AI turning infrastructure into a competitive advantage where connectivity and reliability constraints make every engineering decision count.
He is drawn to system design, developer productivity, and the practical application of machine learning in everyday products. He also mentors engineers and invests in the kind of team culture where technical excellence and clear product thinking reinforce each other.
Outside of work, he explores fitness, personal projects, and tools that help teams move faster.