Richmond Gakpetor

Software engineer building applied AI. I fine-tune language models, build RAG systems, and ship the products around them.

Open to AI/ML rolesAccra, Ghana

Selected work

About

I'm a software engineer in Accra with an MSc in Computer Science. My thesis focused on fine-tuning quantized small language models, and I've built RAG applications with the Hugging Face ecosystem.

Day to day, I ship production software: web and mobile products in TypeScript, React, and React Native on AWS, used by thousands of people. That's the edge I bring to AI work. A model only matters once it's reliable, fast, and in someone's hands.

I put fundamentals first. Tools turn over every quarter; a real understanding of how the platform works is what lets me pick up the useful ones quickly and ship without guessing.

I also run TechTrafficControl, a YouTube channel where I share what I learn on the job, for anyone building that foundation on their own.

Stack

AI / ML
PyTorch, Hugging Face, LLM fine-tuning, RAG, NLP
Languages
Python, TypeScript, JavaScript
Web
React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS
Mobile
React Native, Expo
Backend
Node.js, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
Platform
AWS, Serverless, Vercel, Firebase, Sentry

Contact

Open to applied AI and ML engineering roles, and interesting problems. Email is the fastest way to reach me.