Sahil Salma
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Engineer, founder and technical advisor

Engineer, founder and technical advisor. I help companies in Africa, Canada and the US turn AI from a demo into dependable day-to-day operations.

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I am Sahil Salma, a software and AI engineer based in Toronto, Canada. I founded Ltiora in 2024 and serve as its technical CEO, building AI-native business systems for clients in the DRC and Uganda, and now for companies in the US and Canada.

Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer, Senpilot (Jun 2026 to present). AI-native utilities management with tool calls and optimization. Analyzed data spanning millions of rows to refine the data model and lifted data ingestion alerting and overall data quality by 25%.
  • Founder & Technical CEO, Ltiora (Nov 2024 to present). AI-native business management systems for clients in the DRC and Uganda. Voice AI, email automation, intent understanding and custom SaaS.
  • Software Developer, Amazon (Oct 2022 to Jun 2024). Built CRM software for Amazon Customer Service on GraphQL, Java and AWS, adding features that improved how agents help customers.
  • Software Developer, Verafin (May 2021 to Sep 2022). Cloud infrastructure with Terraform and AWS to cut analysis latency. Worked on algorithms that track and analyze financial transactions and on fraud detection features.
  • Software Developer, Bluedrop Learning Networks (Mar 2020 to May 2021). React front-ends, API and backend design for interactive, API-driven web applications.
  • Software Developer, IBM (Jan 2019 to Dec 2019). Defect resolution and new features for IBM's analytics software with JavaScript and React. Led the Future Blue intern site programme.

Education

  • MSc, Computer Science, Toronto Metropolitan University (2023 to 2025)
  • BSc, Computer Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland (2017 to 2021)

Community

  • Software developer and mentor with the Aga Khan Development Network since 2021, building support software for community programmes and mentoring businesses on using technology to improve their finances.
  • Taught Python to more than 100 students from 5 countries through the Aga Khan Economic Planning Board in 2020.
  • Future Blue site lead at IBM in 2019, running career events for interns.
  • Microsoft Student Ambassador, 2015 to 2016.

Questions

What do you do?

I'm an engineer and founder. I advise as a Fractional CTO, build AI systems (agents, voice, email automation, RAG), and build custom SaaS through my company Ltiora.

Who is this for?

Founders and operators who want AI working in daily operations, not just a demo. My clients so far are businesses in the DRC and Uganda, and I'm now working with companies in the US and Canada.

How do engagements work?

Engagements are selective and scoped around outcomes. The best way to start is a short email describing the problem, and I'll reply with whether and how I can help.

What is your background?

I've worked as a software engineer at IBM, Verafin, Amazon and Senpilot, hold an MSc in Computer Science, and have two peer-reviewed publications from 2025. I founded Ltiora in 2024.

See how we could work together or read my research.