Professional Experience

Senior Platform Engineer (AI Systems)

SymphonyAI

London Area, United Kingdom · Remote•Feb 2025 - Present
  • Architected the "Day 2" production infrastructure for SymphonyAI's Sensa Platform, an enterprise AI SaaS solution delivering predictive and generative AI capabilities across financial services and regulated banking environments
  • Designed a disaggregated scaling model on Kubernetes that decouples compute stages, improving GPU utilization and system resilience for high-concurrency agentic requests
  • Implemented NVIDIA Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) and Karpenter to partition hardware for varied workloads, reducing cloud expenditure by 22% while maintaining sub-200ms latency
  • Modernized RAG infrastructure by building an event-driven Kafka pipeline, ensuring real-time synchronization between live data sources and Pinecone vector stores

Director Solutions Architecture

Kyakabi Group

Kampala, Central Region, Uganda · Hybrid•Nov 2018 - Present
  • Oversee the strategic direction and technical roadmap of Kyakabi Group, a technology conglomerate delivering AI, Data, and Telecom solutions across East Africa, managing subsidiary brands Kyakabi AI, Data, and Telecom
  • Lead the deployment of agentic systems for regional enterprises, bridging AI research and production-ready applications with a focus on LLM integration and custom RAG pipelines
  • Engineered the group's cloud infrastructure portfolio and standardized multi-cloud deployment patterns for I/O-intensive enterprise platforms
  • Architected a high-availability telecom platform supporting 99.99% uptime for SMS, Mass Email, and Programmable Chat services

DevOps Engineer

Nexus Cloud Solutions Pty Ltd

Melbourne, Australia · Remote•Jul 2021 - Dec 2023
  • Led cloud transformation initiatives within modernization programmes, moving complex environments toward automated, sovereign, and secure GitOps models
  • Spearheaded the transition to ArgoCD and standardized Terraform modules across five cross-functional teams, ensuring 100% consistency in VPC, IAM, and security configurations
  • Automated secret rotation and encryption workflows instrumental in achieving audit-ready status for rigorous regulatory and safety audits

Software Engineer (Backend)

CodeClause

Remote•Feb 2019 - Jun 2021
  • Developed high-throughput APIs using Python (FastAPI) designed for low-latency performance and high concurrency in a high-stakes public service environment
  • Led a major refactor of the PostgreSQL catalog, optimizing query paths and indexing strategies to improve response times by 35% for mission-critical workflows
  • Designed and implemented a background task engine using Redis and Celery, offloading non-blocking workloads for a seamless user experience during traffic spikes
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Junior Network Engineer

Oasis Infobyte

Remote•Jan 2017 - Jan 2019
  • Managed core network infrastructure and hardware defining the Secure Gateway for Critical Network Infrastructure (CNI)
  • Managed core data center hardware including Cisco and Juniper systems, ensuring high availability through configuration of BGP and OSPF protocols
  • Worked extensively with Palo Alto and Cisco ASA firewalls to configure and support robust security measures protecting critical network infrastructure
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