Fractional AI Engineer — Cape Town, South Africa
I build practical AI systems for real-world operations.
I build and operate practical systems across AI, infrastructure, SaaS, tourism operations, and MSP workflows. My edge is integration: legacy tools, real production constraints, African market realities, and automation that has to survive contact with day-to-day operations.
About
I work where software meets operations.
The common thread is practical engineering: connect the systems already in the room, reduce operational drag, and make the smaller working core useful before expanding the vision.
Infrastructure & SaaS
FastAPI, React/TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Keycloak, AWS, observability, migrations, uptime, and the unglamorous work of keeping production systems understandable.
AI & Automation
AI agents, ticket workflows, SOP generation, prompt systems, operational tooling, and automation that fits existing stacks instead of demanding a clean-room rebuild.
Tourism & MSP Operations
Hands-on experience with African travel platforms, partner migrations, Yealink PBX, cPanel, SIP trunks, support realities, load shedding, last-mile constraints, and tight budgets.
Proof
Real work. Real outcomes.
Not theoretical architecture diagrams. Production systems, migrations, infrastructure, and automation I built or operated.
Wheels Platform (UAT) →
Multi-tenant B2B SaaS for African travel currently in UAT. FastAPI, React/TS, PostgreSQL RLS, Keycloak. 112 partners, 2,268 products, R3.89M GMV represented in migrated platform data. Architected, built, and migrated.
Full-Stack + DevOpsNext to IT Infrastructure
Cape Town MSP exposure across Yealink PBX, cPanel hosting, SIP trunks, security, and CCTV. I know the buyer's reality: load shedding, last-mile issues, small teams, and tight budgets.
MSP OperationsAWS Cost Optimisation
Rightsized EC2, gp2-to-gp3 EBS migrations, reserved capacity planning. Cut cloud spend 30%+ without touching application code. Prometheus/Grafana observability deployed multi-region.
InfrastructureAI-Native Creative Pipeline
Programmatic video for faceless YouTube/TikTok. Claude scripts, Remotion renders VHS visuals, ElevenLabs voices. Upload-ready output, fully automated.
Creative TechToolkit
17 Claude Code prompts for infrastructure engineers.
Production-tested. Not toy examples. Copy, paste, adjust for your stack.
Terraform & IaC
Module refactor prompts, cost optimisation reviews, state drift detection scripts, and CI/CD pipeline design with OIDC auth.
Kubernetes & Containers
Resource right-sizing from Prometheus metrics, PodDisruptionBudget strategies, and security hardening checklists with CVE references.
Observability & Incident Response
Alert tuning against SLOs, LogQL query builders for Loki, and incident postmortem generation from PagerDuty timelines.
AI-Native Patterns
Test data generation with referential integrity, documentation from code, and Architecture Decision Records with cost projections.
The toolkit is yours instantly. No email wall.
For notes, questions, or collaboration: ebrahim@ebie.online
Search context
AI engineering, infrastructure, and automation in South Africa.
This page exists for people looking for Ebrahim Nassiep, ebieonline, a fractional AI engineer in Cape Town, or practical AI integration work across production infrastructure, SaaS products, tourism operations, MSP systems, and automation-heavy workflows.
AI Systems for Operations
Practical AI systems for support workflows, SOP automation, ticket triage, document generation, internal tools, prompt pipelines, and AI-assisted operations that plug into existing business processes.
AI EngineeringProduction Infrastructure
Infrastructure work across AWS, PostgreSQL, FastAPI, React, TypeScript, Keycloak, observability, migrations, cost optimisation, reliability, and systems that need to stay understandable after launch.
DevOps + PlatformTourism Technology
Experience with African travel platforms, supplier products, partner onboarding, B2B SaaS operations, booking workflows, product data, tenant migrations, and the operational reality of tourism businesses.
Travel SaaSMSP and Legacy Systems
Hands-on context around Yealink PBX, cPanel, SIP trunks, email, hosting, support desks, security, CCTV, last-mile connectivity, and the constraints South African technical teams work inside.
MSP OperationsFAQ
Common search terms this page answers.
Who is Ebrahim Nassiep?
Ebrahim Nassiep is a Cape Town-based fractional AI engineer working across AI integration, production infrastructure, SaaS platforms, tourism technology, MSP operations, and automation.
What is ebieonline?
ebieonline is the personal site for Ebrahim Nassiep, focused on practical AI engineering, infrastructure, automation, and real-world operating systems built from Cape Town, South Africa.
What kind of AI work is represented here?
The work centers on AI-assisted workflows, AI agents, operational automation, SOP and documentation systems, support tooling, prompt engineering, and AI integration into existing software stacks.
What technical stack appears most often?
Recurring tools include AWS, PostgreSQL, FastAPI, React, TypeScript, Keycloak, Terraform, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, cPanel, Yealink PBX, and Python automation.
Contact
Say hello
I am based in Cape Town and interested in AI integration, infrastructure, tourism technology, automation, and production systems that solve real operational problems.