Samwel Ngusa

Samwel Ngusa

AI Engineer, advancing toward AI Research

I’m an AI engineer building intelligent systems across backend infrastructure, RAG, and agentic AI. I focus on turning AI ideas into reliable, production-ready software.

Based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I'm currently at iPF Softwares and Notify Africa, building reliable backend and AI systems. Find me on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab), X (opens in a new tab), or see my code on GitHub (opens in a new tab).

If you'd like to know more, read my background and experience.

My research direction is reinforcement learning, robotics, and deep learning. I’m developing the mathematical, experimental, and systems foundations needed to contribute to intelligent agents that learn, reason, and act.

My work spans TypeScript, NestJS, Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, Docker, and modern LLM tooling. I use Codex, Claude, and Junie for repository analysis, implementation, debugging, testing, code review, and refactoring.

Experience

  • AI & Software Engineer · iPF SoftwaresNov 2025 - Present — Building production software, APIs, service integrations, and AI-enabled systems with TypeScript, NestJS, Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Docker, and modern LLM tooling.
  • Backend Engineer · Notify AfricaNov 2025 - Present — Building backend services and integrations for an African marketing and sales communication platform, including SMS and WhatsApp workflows, message processing, webhooks, and business-facing APIs.
  • Machine Learning, AI & Backend Engineer · FreelanceJune 2024 - Present — Building AI agents, RAG systems, model fine-tuning workflows, scalable backends, and full-stack products for clients.

Skills

  • ResearchReinforcement Learning · Robotics & Embodied AI · Deep Learning · LLMs · NLP · Computer Vision · Multimodal AI · Neuroscience-Inspired AI · RAG · AI Agents
  • Backend SystemsNestJS · FastAPI · PostgreSQL · Redis · RabbitMQ · Docker · REST APIs · Microservices
  • AI & AutomationOpenAI · LangChain · LangGraph · RAG · AI Agents · Ollama · Hugging Face
  • FrontendNext.js · React · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS
  • Developer ToolsCodex · Claude · Junie · Git · Testing · Spec-driven workflows · Spec Kit

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