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Eliakim Atamba

@eliakimatamba

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Software engineer specializing in AI, LLMs, and distributed systems.

Kenya

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What I'm looking for

I seek remote roles focused on LLM/AI engineering or distributed systems where I can build scalable, production-grade pipelines, mentor teams, and solve model alignment and performance challenges.

I am a software engineer focused on AI, LLM fine-tuning, RLHF workflows, and scalable backend and distributed systems engineering, with experience building production-grade pipelines and low-level systems. I have delivered end-to-end LLM training and evaluation frameworks, engineered ETL and adversarial testing tools, and optimized algorithms for performance and reliability.

My background spans research and R&D in systems programming, including a POSIX-compliant distributed file system in C, embedded IoT firmware, and network security improvements. I mentor developers, conduct code reviews, and prioritize writing production-ready, scalable code that addresses real-world alignment, reliability, and performance challenges.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Software Engineer

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Independent Consultant

Feb 2020 - Present (6 years)

Specialized in LLM evaluation pipelines and RLHF workflows, building automated adversarial evaluation frameworks and scalable ETL pipelines that improved model alignment and reduced hallucination rates for NLP tasks.

PyTorch Hugging Face RLHF Pipeline Python ETL Prompt Engineering AWS Model Evaluation

Systems Software Engineer

Jomo Kenyatta University

Sep 2017 - Sep 2024 (7 years)

Designed and implemented a POSIX-compliant distributed file system in C with custom TCP/IP protocols, replication-based fault tolerance, and multithreaded concurrency controls to ensure high availability and low-latency access.

C++TCP Multithreading Linux Distributed Systems Concurrency Embedded Systems Network Security

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Computer Science

B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science with coursework in distributed systems, operating systems, compiler construction, advanced data structures, linear algebra, and probability & statistics.