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Michael Iyere

@michaeliyere

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AI/ML engineer building production-ready banking intelligence and LLM-powered automation.

Nigeria

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can build and deploy AI/ML and LLM features for real products, while working closely with cross-functional teams to ship reliably, manage delivery risk, and turn insights into measurable customer value.

I’m an AI/ML Engineer focused on building machine learning and LLM-powered systems that move from clean data to real, production-ready intelligence. I start with strong data cleaning and feature engineering, then design training, evaluation, and optimisation steps that validate assumptions before deployment.

At Bazara Platforms Limited, I designed and deployed the AI Account Insight and Recommendation Agent that analyses customer transactions, detects spending patterns and unusual behaviour, and generates personalised financial guidance. I also built the transaction ingestion and preprocessing pipeline using Python and pandas, plus LLM-powered components like the CV Evaluation Agent and job-fit analyser using embeddings and multi-model inference.

I complement my engineering with hands-on delivery leadership. As a Project Manager for core banking migration and technology/digital delivery, I coordinated workstreams, managed cross-functional stakeholders, tracked risk and blockers, and ensured requirements and documentation (BRDs/USDs) were clearly defined and met before key project gates.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Project Manager: Technology & Digital Delivery

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Bazara Platforms Limited

Mar 2026 - Present (5 months)

Managed delivery oversight of 233 technology and digital initiatives for FirstBank DRC, tracking progress against delivery targets and timelines. Facilitated requirements gathering (BRDs/USDs), coordinated with project PMs via regular syncs, and served as central liaison between delivery teams and bank leadership to resolve blockers and align commitments to strategy.

Technology Delivery Management Stakeholder Management Requirements Gathering BRD and USD Documentation User Story Management Regular Status Syncs Risk And Blocker Escalation Project Governance

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Project Manager: Core Banking Migration

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Bazara Platforms Limited

Feb 2026 - Present (6 months)

Led end-to-end project management for Keystone Bank's core banking migration from Temenos T24 to Oracle FlexCube Universal Banking Solutions. Managed five critical workstreams and coordinated stakeholders/vendors to track milestones, resolve blockers, and escalate risks through the migration lifecycle.

Project Management Programme Delivery Core Banking Infrastructure Engineering Quality Assurance Data Migration Integration Stakeholder Management Vendor coordination Requirements Gathering Documentation

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AI/ML Engineer

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Bazara Platforms Limited

Feb 2025 - Present (1 year 6 months)

Built and fine-tuned machine learning models from scratch, including data cleaning, feature engineering, training, evaluation, and optimisation for production use. Designed and deployed AI agents for transaction insights and CV/job-fit analysis, including ingestion/preprocessing pipelines and end-to-end AI prototype delivery.

Machine Learning Data Cleaning Feature Engineering Model Training Model Evaluation data preprocessing Pandas Python AI Agents Embeddings API Deployment

Data Science Intern

Sterling Bank

Oct 2024 - Apr 2025 (6 months)

Supported data preparation and management using pandas, NumPy, and SQL for cleaning, organizing, and extracting structured data. Conducted analysis on banking datasets and generated insights and reports to support decision-making.

Data Preparation Data Cleaning Data Extraction Pandas NumPy SQL Data Analysis Reporting Bank Data

Backend Developer Intern

Prunedge Technologies LTD

May 2022 - Sep 2023 (1 year 4 months)

Assisted with writing, debugging, and developing scalable backend solutions using Python while collaborating with team members to meet project requirements. Continued professional development through training and mentorship from senior developers.

Backend Development Python Debugging Collaboration Mentorship Training