Emmanuel Obute
@emmanuelobute
Senior Software and AI Engineer delivering scalable full-stack and ML solutions.
What I'm looking for
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
Senior Python / AI Engineer
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.
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.
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%.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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