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Rufus Nomah Emare

Applied AI/ML Engineer ยท Full-Stack Developer

๐Ÿ“ Lagos, Nigeria

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Results-driven Applied AI/ML Engineer and Full-Stack Developer with 4+ years of experience building and deploying production AI systems. Proven expertise in V-RAG architecture, multimodal data curation, and AI-integrated web and mobile applications. Co-founded and scaled an AI edtech platform (Amidarh) to 2,000+ users within one year. Eligible for EU Blue Card sponsorship.

Work Preferences

Salary

EUR 50,000 โ€“ 90,000

Skills

Next.js10/10
TypeScript10/10
Jetpack Compose10/10
AWS10/10
Flask10/10
Multimodal Data Curation (9/10)Python (8/10)React (8/10)Gemini API (8/10)V-RAG Architecture (8/10)Anthropic API (7/10)Computer Vision (7/10)Google ML Kit (7/10)Kotlin (7/10)NLP (7/10)Node.js (7/10)Supabase (7/10)CI/CD (6/10)Docker (6/10)Kubernetes (6/10)

Work Experience

Digital Marketer & AI Developer

VSL Concepts ICT Academy

Apr 2023 โ€” Oct 2024

Integrated AI/ML algorithms into marketing funnels and automated customer interactions, achieving a 50% increase in conversion rates. Embedded and deployed AI models into digital marketing tools. Executed full-funnel strategies (SEO, PPC, email) and built client web applications using React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Supabase.

Maintenance Engineer

Oritsetimeyin Logistics

Mar 2022 โ€” Oct 2022

Planned and executed preventive maintenance schedules, reducing equipment downtime by 25%. Diagnosed and resolved complex mechanical faults, improving overall operational efficiency.

AI Data & Process Specialist (Multimodal)

Appen

Oct 2020 โ€” Apr 2024

Curated and labelled large-scale multimodal datasets (text, image, audio) for production NLP and Computer Vision model training. Optimised data annotation workflows and aligned with engineering teams to ensure annotation standards met rigorous production-level model specifications.

Education

University of Port Harcourt

B.Eng. ยท Mechanical Engineering

2014 โ€“ 2019