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Kadeem Young

@kadeemyoung

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Web Developer and Machine Learning Engineer blending PHP/WordPress expertise with production NLP/LLM solutions.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles combining backend PHP/WordPress development with NLP/LLM engineering, emphasizing scalable systems, automation, and measurable impact.

I am a Web Developer and Machine Learning Engineer with 7+ years of experience building scalable PHP/WordPress platforms and production AI systems.

At SpikeUp I led development of 20+ high-performance custom WordPress themes and plugins, optimized performance (40% faster page loads), integrated multiple APIs, and improved SEO and security, raising client satisfaction by 90%.

As a Machine Learning Engineer at Agile Loop I designed Transformer-based NMT systems that improved BLEU by 12.8%, built OCR and computer vision pipelines with >98% character-level accuracy, and deployed LLM-powered RAG systems reducing hallucinations by 35%.

I combine backend engineering (Laravel, Symfony, WooCommerce), CI/CD and containerized workflows with advanced ML (PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain, Pinecone) to deliver reliable, measurable business impact and automation.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Lead WordPress Developer

SpikeUp

Jan 2022 - Jan 2025 (3 years)

Developed 20+ high-performance custom WordPress themes and plugins, reducing page load time by 40% and boosting client satisfaction by 90% through caching, image optimization, and API integrations.

PHP WordPress ACF Pro Redis WooCommerce SEO Docker CI CD

Machine Learning Engineer

Agile Loop

Jan 2018 - Jan 2023 (5 years)

Built Transformer-based NMT systems improving BLEU by 12.8% and developed OCR, RAG, and LLM pipelines that reduced hallucinations by 35% and increased QA relevance by 27%.

PyTorch TensorFlow Transformers NLP Faiss Pinecone Prompt Engineering

Lead PHP Developer

Howtube

Jan 2017 - Jan 2021 (4 years)

Designed scalable PHP backends and e-commerce integrations, improving query performance by 40% and increasing e-commerce sales by 19% through custom modules and caching.

PHP Laravel Symfony MySQL Redis Magento BigCommerce Shopify API Integration Performance Optimization

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Fordham University

Master of Science, Machine Learning

2013 - 2017

Master of Science program focused on machine learning, including image recognition and natural language processing using PyTorch and TensorFlow, and big data tools such as Hadoop and Spark.