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Senior Applied AI Engineer.
Python/FastAPI services, API integrations and retrieval-based LLM workflows with tool boundaries, human handoff and evaluation. Everything a hiring team needs to screen is on this page.
- Location
- Harare, Zimbabwe (UTC+2)
- Hours overlap
- 4h with US Eastern · full with UK/EU
- Availability
- Available now
- Compensation
- Salary or rate range on request
- Engagement
- Full-time remote (contractor or EOR) or contract
Proof
Work you can check
Case studies state my role and whether the work shipped, was built, or is a design or prototype. The public repositories are MIT-licensed.
- CST Goods-InFull Stack Engineer (Contract)Shipped
- Semai AI SupportAI Product Architect & Lead EngineerBuilt
- MedReclaim AIAI Systems ArchitectImplementation-ready
- Governed Procurement IntelligenceAI Product ArchitectPrototype — non-production
- Vibe ScannerPublic repository
- Evaluation-Driven Development Test SuitePublic repository
- Deterministic Safety Sandboxes with MCPPublic repository
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Experience
Experience
- Feb 2025 – Present
Senior AI Engineer · Independent Consultant
- Jan 2023 – Feb 2025
Chief Technology Officer · AfricAI
- Dec 2023 – Sep 2024
Full Stack Engineer (Contract) · CST UK
- Jan 2022 – Sep 2024
Full Stack Engineer (Contract) · Coindraw
- Sep 2022 – Jan 2023
Frontend Developer (Contract) · Vanti
- Oct 2021 – May 2024
Full Stack Engineer, AI & Web3 · FreeFlow
- Dec 2019 – Dec 2021
Senior Frontend Developer → Lead Engineer · Freshideas
- Oct 2018 – Dec 2023
Founder and CTO · Topiax
- 2021
BSc Software Engineering · Harare Institute of Technology
Contract engagements ran concurrently; overlaps reflect part-time client work.
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