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Hi, I'm Zakhele Gamede

Senior AI Software Engineer focused on building production-ready AI, data, and automation systems that solve real business problems.

Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, I work across the full lifecycle of intelligent systems: problem framing, data pipelines, backend services, LLM workflows, evaluation, cloud deployment, and governed delivery.

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About Me

  • 8+ years of experience across AI engineering, data platforms, analytics, and automation
  • Strong hands-on delivery background in enterprise and consulting environments
  • Experienced in RAG systems, LLM orchestration, MLOps-style evaluation, and cloud-native deployment
  • Comfortable translating business requirements into scalable, measurable, production systems

Core Stack

AI and LLM Engineering

Python LangChain LlamaIndex CrewAI RAG LLMOps

Data and Backend

SQL Airflow REST APIs Automation React

Vector and Retrieval

Pinecone Qdrant FAISS Weaviate pgvector Azure AI Search

Cloud and Delivery

Azure Azure OpenAI Azure Functions Azure Data Factory AWS SageMaker Docker

What I Work On

  • Production AI applications and intelligent business workflows
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation systems and enterprise knowledge tools
  • AI orchestration frameworks and multi-step agent workflows
  • Data engineering pipelines, analytics platforms, and backend services
  • AI evaluation, observability, governance, and secure deployment patterns

Current Focus

  • Advanced LLM systems and agentic workflows
  • Stronger evaluation and guardrail frameworks for production AI
  • Better architecture patterns for reliable AI products
  • Practical AI systems with clear business value

Experience Snapshot

  • Senior AI Software Engineer, Klipboard
    Building Azure-based AI, analytics, and intelligent automation services with Python APIs, RAG pipelines, telemetry, evaluation, and secure enterprise integrations.

  • Senior AI Software Engineer, Boxfusion
    Delivered enterprise AI advisory and automation platforms using LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, vector databases, and cloud AI services across regulated environments.

  • Data and AI Tech Lead, Boxfusion
    Led the design and hands-on implementation of modern data platforms, ETL pipelines, automation services, and CI/CD-enabled cloud delivery.

Certifications

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate

Open To Collaborate On

  • AI engineering projects
  • RAG and enterprise search solutions
  • Data platforms and analytics systems
  • Workflow automation and internal tooling
  • Applied GenAI products with real-world impact

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