Tatyana Amugo
@tatyanaamugo
I build AI systems, then explain them clearly to the people who need to use them. That's most of the job, really.
What I'm looking for
I'm an AI Engineer who spends as much time talking to the people using a system as I do building it. At the Ontario Public Service, I built an AI pipeline that cut caseworker processing time by 79%, but the harder part was sitting with caseworkers first to understand where the process actually broke down, then explaining what the system could and couldn't do once it was live. Before that, I worked in Apple Retail explaining technical products to customers with very different levels of technical background, and did consumer data analysis for Beats by Dre. I write about how AI systems actually behave hallucination, evaluation, reliability on my Substack, Lipgloss2LLMs. I'm looking for roles where I get to sit between a technical system and the person who needs it to work: solutions engineering, technical product roles, or AI-focused product delivery.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
AI Engineer Co-op
Ontario Public Service
Jan 2026 - Apr 2026 (3 months)
Ran discovery sessions with caseworkers and policy stakeholders, scoped and delivered a two-week proof of concept for an AI pipeline to automate manual document review. Built a retrieval setup with ChromaDB and Azure OpenAI, reduced processing time by 79%, and added evaluation checks to prevent confidently-wrong outputs from reaching caseworkers.
Explained complex technical products in plain language to customers with varied technical backgrounds, achieving a 96% satisfaction score. Delivered daily live product demonstrations, adjusting the pitch in real time based on customer needs.
ERP Developer
Upande
Sep 2024 - Oct 2024 (1 month)
Built automated workflows in ERPNext connected to SQL-based reporting to cut manual data entry time by 30%.
Consumer Insights Extern
Beats by Dre
Sep 2024 - Oct 2024 (1 month)
Built a Python and SQL KPI tracking model to improve marketing campaign targeting by 15% by identifying customer segments responding to specific campaigns. Presented findings directly to the marketing team in an actionable format.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Fanshawe College
Graduate Certificate, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
2025 - 2026
Activities and societies: Coursework: LLM systems, RAG architecture, ML pipeline design, deep learning, NLP, MLOps.
Graduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (Co-op) at Fanshawe College, covering LLM systems, RAG architecture, ML pipeline design, deep learning, NLP, and MLOps.
Strathmore University
Bachelor's Degree, Informatics & Computer Science
2020 - 2023
Activities and societies: Thesis: built a 3D CNN model to detect anomalies in real-time video, from initial design through to a working deployment.
Bachelor's Degree in Informatics & Computer Science at Strathmore University, including a thesis on using a 3D CNN for real-time video anomaly detection from design through deployment.
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