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Emmanuel Obute

@emmanuelobute

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Senior Software and AI Engineer delivering scalable full-stack and ML solutions.

Nigeria

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles building scalable AI-enabled backends where I can lead technical teams, design robust architectures, and deliver measurable performance and reliability improvements.

I am a Senior Software and AI Engineer with extensive experience designing, building, and delivering scalable software and AI systems across Telecom, FinTech, LawTech, Retail, automobile and home rentals markets. I lead cross-functional teams, architect high-performance APIs and RAG AI platforms, and optimize ingestion pipelines and multi-model data ecosystems to improve throughput and query performance.

I have driven measurable outcomes including multi-fold throughput gains, large reductions in downtime and bugs, revenue and transaction improvements, and mentorship-driven team growth. I focus on pragmatic system architecture, cloud-native deployments, data-informed product features, and translating business objectives into reliable technical solutions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Python / AI Engineer

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James Chase

Mar 2025 - Present (8 months)

Contributed to design and delivery of a global RAG AI search tool, deployed low-latency FastAPI inference APIs, and optimized Python ingestion pipelines to achieve 3x throughput improvements.

Python fastAPI RAG AWS Lambda Vector Databases

Senior Python Engineer

Broekhuis Solutions

Oct 2023 - Feb 2025 (1 year 4 months)

Led a team building core FastAPI backend APIs and asynchronous processes, increasing transaction capacity by 75% and improving system reliability and customer complaint turnaround.

Python fastAPI Asynchronous API Design Database Optimization Performance Tuning Mentorship CI CD

Engineering Manager

Pepper Rest

Mar 2021 - Mar 2024 (3 years)

Built end-to-end social commerce automation and wallet systems, reduced bug rate from 42.6% to 5.8% and downtime from 4.8% to 0.18% via CI/CD and monitoring, and led a team of 7 improving productivity by 68%.

AWS Python fastAPI CI CD Automated Testing Payments Machine Learning Team Leadership

Backend Engineer

Andela Inc

Dec 2021 - Aug 2022 (8 months)

Developed APIs and background jobs for a short-stay rental OS, increasing revenue by 33% and improving support turnaround by 42.5% through automation and feature enhancements.

API Development Background Jobs Python Automation Performance Improvement Troubleshooting SQL

Enterprise Solution Officer

Aso Savings & Loans

Apr 2019 - Mar 2021 (1 year 11 months)

Built and supported enterprise banking applications, designed system architecture and UATs, and improved fraud detection and customer retention by 25% using ML models.

Systems Architecture Python Machine Learning SQL Vendor Management UAT Documentation Fraud Detection

Software Engineer

Imaginarium Global Creative

Feb 2017 - Apr 2019 (2 years 2 months)

Planned and implemented software solutions, optimized database schemas and SQL queries, and led technical teams to improve digital asset security and service integration.

Software Development SQL Database Design PHP Team Leadership Integration Technical Planning Troubleshooting

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Nile University of Nigeria

Master of Science, Computer Science

2020 - 2022

Completed a Master of Science in Computer Science with coursework and projects focused on advanced AI and software engineering from September 2020 to June 2022.

University of Agriculture, Makurdi

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science & Statistics

2008 - 2012

Earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Statistics from January 2008 to August 2012, focusing on software development and statistical analysis.