Hyacinth Ampadu
@hyacinthampadu
AI/Machine Learning Engineer and backend developer delivering scalable AI systems and production-grade backends.
What I'm looking for
I am an AI/Machine Learning Engineer and backend developer with 6+ years of experience delivering AI/ML solutions and building scalable backend systems across fintech, SaaS, and generative AI platforms.
I architect end-to-end AI solutions, design secure high-performance Python backends (FastAPI/Flask), and deploy models and services on cloud platforms like GCP and AWS with CI/CD, containerization, and monitoring.
I have built and deployed LLM and LMM pipelines (RAG, LangChain, Hugging Face), integrated vector databases and semantic search (Pinecone, Qdrant), and implemented robust evaluation, human-in-the-loop validation, and safety guardrails for production reliability.
Across consulting, startups, and research projects I have improved time-to-insight, automated workflows, and driven measurable outcomes—reducing research time, increasing engagement, and delivering production-ready AI systems.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Founder / Backend Engineer
AkwaCash
Jan 2025 - Aug 2025 (7 months)
Architected and built a scalable FastAPI backend for a mobile-money subscription fintech, implemented MongoDB schemas, JWT/RBAC auth, asynchronous payment integrations with retry logic, and automated CI/CD on GCP to support high-throughput transactions.
Founder / AI Consultant
JoAmpsConsult
Jul 2024 - Aug 2025 (1 year 1 month)
Founded a consultancy delivering generative AI and end-to-end AI solutions, including autonomous AI agents for investment analysis (75% reduction in manual research) and a WhatsApp AI assistant that resolved 80% of customer queries and cut response times by 90%.
AI Engineer and Backend Developer
NextGenMaterials
Jan 2025 - Jun 2025 (5 months)
Designed and deployed a domain-optimized RAG LLM pipeline that reduced lithium brine analysis time from days to hours, built scalable AWS backend services with Docker, and implemented PostgreSQL + Pinecone hybrid data management and evaluation guardrails.
Generative AI Engineer
EstiloAI
May 2024 - Dec 2024 (7 months)
Architected multimodal LLM pipelines and a web/WhatsApp shopping assistant using LangChain, Qdrant and Gemini, integrated a 2D avatar engine for virtual try-ons, and deployed a scalable AWS backend to pilot with multiple fashion brands.
AI / Machine Learning Engineer
Webicient
May 2023 - Jul 2024 (1 year 2 months)
Delivered Besti, an enterprise LLM chatbot platform, building FastAPI backends, LangChain/LangGraph + Pinecone integrations, real-time streaming, data ingestion pipelines, BigQuery analytics and Looker dashboards to reduce reporting lag and enable reliable AI knowledge workflows.
AI / ML Consultant (Selected Projects)
Independent Projects
Jan 2019 - Apr 2023 (4 years 3 months)
Executed multiple ML projects including political tweet engagement (+25% engagement), rail temperature forecasting (±1°C at 48h), NFT trade prediction (10% ROI), and COVID-19 mortality prediction published in PeerJ Comp Sci.
Graduate Assistant
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Sep 2019 - Jun 2020 (9 months)
Mentored undergraduate students in data science and machine learning research projects, providing technical guidance that supported successful project completion and degree attainment.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Master of Philosophy, Electrical/Computer Engineering
2022 - 2023
Activities and societies: Graduate Assistant mentoring undergraduate research in data science and machine learning.
Completed an MPhil in Electrical/Computer Engineering with research and teaching assistance responsibilities focused on data science and machine learning applications.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Bachelor of Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering
2012 - 2016
Earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical/Computer Engineering with coursework and projects integrating data science and engineering principles.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Blockchain
Google Cloud Platform
DigitalOcean
GitHub
Kubernetes
GitHub Actions
Pipedrive
DB
MySQL
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Gmail
Google Analytics
Redis
Python
TensorFlow
PyTorch
scikit-learn
Flask
FastAPI
Grafana
OpenTelemetry
Gemini
GraphQL
Serverless
Docker
Airflow
GuardRails
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
SQL
Google Ads
XGBoost
Hugging Face
Qdrant
LangChain
LlamaIndex
Ollama
Pinecone
Railway
Google Gemini API
Black
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Website
joampsconsult.comSalary expectations
Social media
Job categories
Skills
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