Harare, Zimbabwe · Available for hire
I ship AI systems that hold under real load.
Senior AI Engineer with 8 years building production-grade AI infrastructure, scaling platforms to 20,000+ users, and leading engineering teams across global markets. This page is proof, not a pitch.
01 — Field Evidence
Case studies
Real engagements, framed as: the problem, what got built, the stack, the result. Not feature lists.
02 — Track Record
Experience
Six years across CTO roles, senior engineering contracts, and independent consulting — building, scaling, and leading.
Zimnat Insurance: Cut customer-service response latency to <3s and lifted automated engagement 25% with a LangGraph multi-agent RAG system. Defence & Security AI (Classified): Delivered applied AI for national-security drone detection and procurement. Baines Avenue Clinic & PSC: Shipped multimodal debt-recovery and psychometric profiling products on AWS.
Scaled a 3-developer AI platform team to support 20,000+ active users at 99.9% uptime, owning architecture and all MLOps/CI/CD. Cut API response times 35–75% via Redis caching, query optimisation, and async Python; led OpenAI/Stability.ai integration.
Scaled FinTech backend (Coindraw) to 10,000+ concurrent users at sub-200ms latency; cut logistics workflow processing time 80% (CST Ltd) via async refactoring. Built real-time Vue.js IoT dashboards (Vanti) syncing live telemetry.
Founded and scaled a 20+ engineer studio delivering AI, backend, and data products. Architected high-concurrency microservices to 10,000+ users at 99.9% uptime; cut production incidents 40% via standardised CI/CD and testing.
03 — Technical authority
Writing
Field notes on AI architecture, launch readiness, workflow automation, and engineering leadership.
04 — Instrumentation
Stack & credentials
The tools, frameworks, and certifications behind the work.
05 — Live activity
GitHub commit graph
A live view of my public GitHub contribution activity over the last year.
GitHub commit graph.
A live view of my public GitHub contribution activity over the last year.
06 — Social proof
What clients say.
From CTOs to repeat collaborators — the work speaks through the people it served.
Cyprian developed a middleware API platform that seamlessly integrated our business services. His technical expertise and deep understanding of our needs helped automate key processes and deliver a robust, user-friendly solution that significantly enhanced productivity.
Very easy to work with and understood the assignment. He is very knowledgeable in his field and I would be more than happy to work with him again.
A talented developer, always willing to put forth 100% effort on every project. I am honoured to have worked with him on many projects and looking forward to working with him on many more.
07 — Status: open to opportunities
Building AI systems that need to hold under real load?
I'm available for senior engineering and architect roles, contract engagements, and technical consulting. If something above is relevant to what you're building, let's talk.
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