🚀 Machine Learning Engineer | Product Manager | Full-Stack Developer

I’m passionate about building AI-powered products and scalable software solutions that create real-world impact. With a strong foundation in Electrical and Computer Engineering and extensive hands-on experience in AI/ML, Generative AI, Data Engineering, and Product Management, I thrive at the intersection of technology, innovation, and business strategy.

• Developed credit risk predictive models for FinTech micro-lending and vendor assessment.
• Built multilingual NLP pipelines for Ethiopian e-commerce and social media analytics using NER.
• Designed fraud detection systems for banking and e-commerce, reducing fraudulent transactions.
• Implemented sentiment analysis, machine translation, dialogue summarization, and question answering using T5, FLAN-T5, and BERT.
• Created RAG-based AI assistants and agentic workflows using LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoGen, and crewAI.
• Developed time-series forecasting and Bayesian change point analysis for financial and energy markets.
• Built computer vision systems for image classification, object detection, and segmentation using ResNet, YOLO, and U-Net.
• Deployed scalable ML pipelines with TensorFlow, FastAPI, Docker, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Optimized ML pipelines using TensorFlow Lite, improving edge device performance by 25%.

• Led cross-functional teams to deliver outsourcing products in the gaming industry, improving productivity by 20%.
• Authored PRDs and FSDs, and defined product strategies and roadmaps.
• Designed and implemented a payment platform integrating local providers such as Telebirr and Enat Bank.
• Pioneered the Sewasew Reward System, enhancing user engagement and data collection.
• Introduced Agile/Scrum methodologies, fostering collaboration and efficient delivery.

• Developed RESTful APIs and scalable backend services using FastAPI, Node.js, and Django.
• Pioneered a Music Contest Management Platform supporting the Ethiopian music industry.
• Created admin dashboards for managing users, payments, and agents.
• Optimized web application performance, increasing user engagement and reducing load times.

• Credit Risk Predictive Model – Risk-based scoring for FinTech lending.
• Fraud Detection System – Transaction monitoring using advanced feature engineering.
• Movie Recommendation System – Collaborative and content-based filtering.
• Anomaly Detection in Server Networks – Identifying unusual system behaviors.
• Mushroom Classification – Decision tree-based classification.
• Lunar Lander Reinforcement Learning Agent – Autonomous decision-making agent.

• Amharic E-commerce Data Extractor – NER-based vendor intelligence for micro-lending.
• FinTech Review Analytics – Sentiment and thematic analysis of Ethiopian banking apps.
• Dialogue Summarization with FLAN-T5 – Reinforcement learning for improved summaries.
• Neural Machine Translation (NMT) – Transformer-based translation system.
• Extractive Question Answering – Context-aware information retrieval.
• Custom AI Chatbots – RAG-powered conversational assistants.

• Telegram Medical Data Pipeline – ELT pipeline with Dagster, dbt, and YOLOv8.
• Insurance Risk Analytics – Predictive modeling for claim severity and premium optimization.
• Brent Oil Price Analysis – Bayesian change point detection linking geopolitical events to price shifts.
• Stock Market Forecasting – ARIMA and LSTM-based predictive modeling.

• Face Recognition and Emotion Detection
• Medical Image Segmentation using U-Net
• Autonomous Driving Object Detection with YOLO
• Art Generation with Neural Style Transfer
• Jazz Solo Generation with LSTM
• GANs, VAEs, and StyleGANs for synthetic data generation

Python | JavaScript | Java | C/C++ | SQL | Bash

TensorFlow | PyTorch | Scikit-learn | HuggingFace Transformers | Keras

LangChain | LlamaIndex | RAG | OpenAI APIs | BERT | T5 | FLAN-T5 | GPT | Cohere

OpenCV | YOLO | U-Net | ResNet | StyleGAN | VAE

Chroma | FAISS | Pinecone | Weaviate | Neo4j | HNSW | ScaNN

React | Next.js | Node.js | Django | FastAPI | HTML | CSS | REST APIs

AWS | Azure | GCP | Docker | CI/CD | Kubeflow | MLflow | WandB

ETL Pipelines | Spark | Databricks | Snowflake | Oracle DB | PostgreSQL | Power BI

Agile | Scrum | PRDs | FSDs | Product Roadmaps | Stakeholder Management

B.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Electronics)
🎓 Addis Ababa University
📝 Thesis: Wireless Wearable EEG Data Acquisition and Classification BCI System

• Machine Learning Specialization – DeepLearning.AI
• Deep Learning Specialization – DeepLearning.AI
• DeepLearning.AI TensorFlow Developer
• TensorFlow: Data and Deployment
• TensorFlow: Advanced Techniques
• Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) – DeepLearning.AI
• Natural Language Processing Specialization – DeepLearning.AI
• Machine Learning in Production (MLOps) – DeepLearning.AI
• IBM AI Product Manager Specialization
• Generative AI for Product Managers – IBM & SkillUp EdTech
• Product Ideation, Design, and Management – University of Maryland
• Mathematics for Machine Learning (Linear Algebra & Multivariate Calculus) – Imperial College London
• Essential Linear Algebra & Differential Calculus for Data Science – University of Colorado Boulder
• Introduction to Statistics – Stanford University
• Generative AI for Everyone – DeepLearning.AI

• 📈 Contributed to a 15% revenue increase through AI-powered solutions.
• ⚡ Reduced ETL processing time by 40% using optimized data pipelines.
• 📊 Increased user engagement by 25% through recommendation systems.
• 🛡️ Reduced fraudulent transactions by 18% with predictive analytics.
• 🚀 Improved edge device performance by 25% using TensorFlow Lite.
• 🏅 Semi-finalist, 2018 InnovateFPGA Global Design Contest (EMEA Region).

• Solution Mindset: Provides innovative and independent problem-solving approaches.
• Service Mindset: Collaborative and client-focused.
• Leadership & Mentorship: Guides teams and fosters knowledge sharing.
• Presentation Skills: Communicates complex technical ideas to non-technical stakeholders.
• Comprehensive Documentation: Ensures maintainable and standardized codebases.
• Proactive & Adaptable: Quickly responds to evolving business and technical needs.
• Attention to Detail: Delivers high-quality and reliable solutions.
• Cultural Awareness: Effective in diverse and international environments.

• 🤖 Exploring Generative AI, LLMs, and Agentic Systems
• 📈 Driving data-driven product growth and innovation
• 🌍 Building AI solutions for emerging markets
• 🔬 Advancing multilingual NLP for low-resource languages
• 🌐 Contributing to open-source and collaborative tech communities

📧 Email: mikias27worku@gmail.com
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikias-worku/
🌐 Portfolio: https://mikiasworku.vercel.app/
🐙 GitHub: https://github.com/michaWorku

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