Abubakar Aliyu
AI & Data Engineer
I am driven by curiosity and the challenge of turning bold ideas into working systems
📍 Paris, France
explore my portfolio
AI & Data Engineer
I am driven by curiosity and the challenge of turning bold ideas into working systems
📍 Paris, France
explore my portfolio
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Building solutions that make a difference
• Cloud Engineering (AWS infrastructure)
• Data Engineering & ETL Pipelines
• AI Integration
• Co-developed ChatJourno, a retrieval-augmented fact-checking assistant for West African journalists
• Built scraping pipelines using BeautifulSoup and curated datasets from 50+ trusted news sources
• Successfully deployed the system to production at chatjourno.com, enabling real-time fact-checking support
• Led rollout of Digital Health Space (DHS) EMR across two hospitals
• Managed cross-functional teams to standardize healthcare data migration and trained over 100 staff using Agile methodologies
• Reduced support issues by 70% through comprehensive change management and technical documentation
From research to production-ready systems
Core expertise and technical capabilities
Applied AI Research & System Evaluation
Production ML Deployment
Data Engineering & Cloud Computing (AWS)
Python,
R,
SQL
PyTorch, Transformers, Hugging Face,
TensorFlow
LLM Fine-tuning (LoRA/QLoRA), Experiment Tracking (Weights & Biases),
Model Evaluation (Metrics, Comparative Analysis, LLM-as-a-Judge)
Docker, FastAPI,
Airflow, CI/CD, Grafana, AWS
PySpark,
PostgreSQL,
Redis,
FAISS, Synthetic Data Generation
Academic foundation in AI and engineering
EPITA School of Engineering and Computer Science – Paris, France
Sept 2024 - Oct 2026 (Expected)
Research Focus: AI Safety and Hallucination Mitigation in Healthcare Applications
Thesis: Retrieval Augmented Reasoning with Self-Correction for Biomedical Question Answering. Focus on LLM fine-tuning, retrieval systems with FAISS and Redis, synthetic data generation, and deployment on Hugging Face Inference Endpoints.
Ahmadu Bello University – Kaduna, Nigeria
February 2022
Grade: Second Class Upper (14/20)
Research Focus: Network Systems and Routing Protocols in Intermittent Connectivity Environments
Thesis: Enhanced PRoPHET Routing Protocol with Buffer Management Techniques in DTN. Focus on implementing and analyzing four buffer management techniques (MOFO, DLA, DL, FIFO) with PRoPHET routing protocol in Delay Tolerant Networks using ONE Simulator.
Continuous learning and professional development
2023
CompletedComprehensive certification covering data collection, transformation, analysis, visualization, and data-driven decision making.
2023
CompletedProfessional certification in project management fundamentals, including planning, execution, and stakeholder management.
2025
In ProgressPreparing for certification covering ML data preparation, model training and deployment, MLOps workflows, and infrastructure management on AWS.
Achievements and competitive selections
Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development
Jun 2024 - Nov 2024
Selected from over 500 applications across Nigeria and Ghana for the first AI-in-Journalism Fellowship in Africa. Pitched and prototyped ChatJourno, a fact-checking assistant using LangChain-based RAG pipelines and web scraping from credible West African news sources. Presented ChatJourno at the 2024 Media Innovation West Africa Conference, showcasing responsible AI integration in journalism.
EPITA: École d'Ingénieurs en Informatique
Sep 2024
Awarded highly competitive postgraduate scholarship by the Nigerian government to pursue advanced studies abroad. Selection based on academic excellence and commitment to contributing to Nigeria's energy sector.
Duke University, Social Science Research Council, Mathematica
September 18 - 29, 2023
Selected for participation in SICSS-Calabar, one of only two SICSS locations in Africa. Covered advanced modules in data modeling with R, text analysis, web scraping, and social science predictive analytics.
Ahmadu Bello University
Mar 2018
Awarded by NNPC, TotalEnergies, and partners to recognize academic excellence. Granted to high-performing students through a highly selective annual process aimed at fostering talent development.
International communication capabilities
Bilingual Proficiency
Intermediate (B1)
💼Currently seeking: AI/ML Engineer, Data Scientist, Data Engineer, Cloud Engineer positions (Internship/CDD/CDI)
Let's talk! I'm passionate about building scalable, impactful solutions at the crossroads of AI/ML and system design. I thrive on tackling challenging problems, collaborating with diverse teams, and turning technical ideas into products that make a difference. My philosophy is simple: build quickly, learn continuously, and always keep user impact at the center.
