Available for freelance & remote work

Peter Kimanga
AI & ML Engineer

Building intelligent systems โ€” from production LLM pipelines to published deep learning research. Full-stack developer with a focus on AI/ML solutions that actually ship.

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Peer-reviewed publications
3+
Years of experience
50+
Students mentored

Engineer. Researcher.
Educator.

I'm a Data Scientist and Full-Stack Developer based in Nairobi, Kenya, with 3+ years of experience building end-to-end AI systems โ€” from data pipeline to deployment.

Currently completing my MSc in Computer Science at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology on scholarship, with active research in NLP for low-resource African languages.

I've worked in production environments integrating LLMs at a Swedish tech firm, published in IEEE and arXiv, and taught 50+ university students. I bridge research and real-world engineering.

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MSc Computer Science

Scholarship recipient, DeKUT

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Published Researcher

IEEE, arXiv, IST Africa

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LLM Engineering

Production prompt engineering

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African NLP

Low-resource language research

Expertise

Technical Skills

A full-stack skillset with a specialisation in ML/AI systems and LLM engineering.

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Machine Learning & AI

TensorFlowPyTorchscikit-learn NLPCNNsTransformers Feature Engineering
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LLM & AI Engineering

OpenAI APIAnthropic APIPrompt Engineering Few-shotAI WorkflowsRAG
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Full-Stack Development

ReactNext.jsNode.js PythonFlaskREST APIs JavaScript
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Data & Databases

PostgreSQLMongoDBMySQL T-SQLTableauData Viz
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DevOps & Tools

DockerGit/GitHubCI/CD BlockchainWeb3.jsSolidity
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Security & Networking

CCNA CertifiedCybersecurity IoTNetwork Protocols
Portfolio

Key Projects

End-to-end solutions spanning healthcare AI, NLP, blockchain, and financial analytics.

Healthcare AI

Lung Disease Prediction App

CNN-based medical imaging analysis system for lung disease detection, deployed as a web application with real-time inference.

PythonTensorFlowCNNsFlask
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NLP Research

Dholuo-Swahili NMT System

Neural Machine Translation for a low-resource African language pair using custom attention mechanisms. Published at IST Africa 2025.

PyTorchTransformersNLPPython
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Mental Health AI

Postpartum Depression Detector

NLP and ML classifier ensemble detecting postpartum depression signals from patient survey data using Logistic Regression and Random Forest.

PythonNLPscikit-learnML
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Blockchain

Credentials Verification Platform

Ethereum-based tamper-proof certificate management system for academic credentials, using smart contracts and Web3 integration.

SolidityWeb3.jsEthereumReact
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Financial Analytics

Kenyan Household Financial Health

K-means clustering analysis with interactive Tableau dashboards for community financial health assessment programs. Published at ICT4DA 2024.

PythonK-meansTableauAnalytics
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LLM Engineering

LLM-Powered Product APIs

Production backend services integrating OpenAI/Anthropic APIs with engineered prompt pipelines, few-shot examples, and evaluation frameworks at Infradyn AB.

Node.jsLLM APIsReactREST
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Research

Publications

Peer-reviewed research in machine learning, NLP, and applied data science.

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Performance of Transformer Based Models in Dholuo Swahili Translation for Low Resourced Language

IEEE ICT4DA 2025

doi.org/10.1109/ICT4DA67218.2025 โ†’
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Neural Machine Translation in Low-Resourced Languages: Case of Dholuo-Swahili Translation

IST Africa 2025

doi.org/10.23919/ISTAfrica67297.2025 โ†’
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Financial Health Assessment for Households in Kenya

IEEE ICT4DA 2024

doi.org/10.1109/ICT4DA62874.2024 โ†’
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Deep Learning Algorithms Used in Intrusion Detection Systems โ€” A Review

arXiv 2024

doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2402.17020 โ†’
Career

Experience

From academic research to production engineering across three continents.

Oct 2025 โ€” Dec 2025
Full-Stack Developer
Infradyn AB ยท Remote, Sweden
Designed production backend services and REST APIs with LLM integrations. Engineered prompt pipelines (system, few-shot, evaluation) for product use cases. Built frontend components consuming AI-powered APIs.
Oct 2023 โ€” Jan 2026
Graduate Assistant
Computer Science Dept, Dedan Kimathi University ยท Nyeri, Kenya
Taught undergraduate programming and data analysis courses. Supervised 50+ students in laboratory sessions. Developed curriculum materials and applied data-driven evaluation methods.
Jan 2022 โ€” Mar 2022
Software Developer Intern
The Jitu Limited ยท Nyeri, Kenya
Developed web applications using React, Node.js and MySQL/MSSQL. Implemented data structures, algorithms and error-handling for production systems in an agile team environment.

Let's Build Something

Open to freelance projects, remote roles, and research collaborations. Based in Nairobi โ€” working globally.

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