Mike Kanu

Full-Stack Software Engineer | AI & LLM Specialist

kanumikechibundu@gmail.com+234 813 026 2441
Remote (Nigeria)
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5+
Years Experience
85%
LLM Accuracy Boost
2000+
Users Impacted
40%
Latency Reduced

Professional Summary

Full-Stack Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience building AI-enhanced, cloud-based applications across healthcare, EdTech, SaaS, and LLM platforms.

Specialized in LLM training (RLHF, Side-by-Side evaluation), AI benchmarking, prompt engineering, and AI agents, with strong frontend and system design expertise.

Proven track record of delivering production-grade AI systems, improving LLM accuracy by up to 85%, increasing user engagement by 30%+, and reducing API latency by 40%+.

Experienced working with distributed teams across the U.S., Australia, and Africa, bridging product, engineering, and AI research workflows.

Core Skills

AI / LLM Expertise

PRIMARY EXPERTISE
LLM Training (RLHF, Side-by-Side)AI BenchmarkingPrompt EngineeringAI AgentsLLM Evaluation PipelinesGround-Truth ValidationMultimodal Data AnnotationOpenAI APIsLangChain

Frontend

React.jsNext.jsTypeScriptReduxZustandTailwind CSS

Backend

Node.jsExpress.jsPythonREST APIsGraphQLPostgreSQLMongoDBFirebase

Cloud & DevOps

AWS (EC2, S3, EKS)Google CloudDockerKubernetesCI/CD (GitHub Actions)VercelNetlify

Professional Experience

Full-Stack AI Developer

CareValue Health LimitedContractRemote (Nigeria)
May 2025 – Present
  • ▸Designed and deployed AI agents powering WhatsApp and Telegram bots for real-time conversational support
  • ▸Integrated LLM-based chat systems with contextual memory and multi-turn reasoning for healthcare use cases
  • ▸Built scalable full-stack applications achieving sub-100ms API response times
  • ▸Reduced manual customer support workload by 40+ hours per month through AI-driven automation
  • ▸Led frontend development across multiple healthcare platforms (Care360, Alafia, 24/7 Care)
ReactNode.jsPythonLLMsAI AgentsAWSDockerKubernetes

Software Consultant

KoachCode.devPart-TimeRemote (Nigeria)
Jul 2025 – Present
  • ▸Consult and deliver full-stack and AI-powered solutions for startups and growing businesses
  • ▸Build MVPs, backend APIs, and AI integrations with focus on scalability and performance
  • ▸Support cloud deployment, DevOps pipelines, and system architecture decisions
ReactNext.jsNode.jsAWSDocker

LLM Trainer & AI Evaluation Specialist

TuringRemoteUnited States
Oct 2024 – Jan 2026
  • ▸Trained and evaluated LLMs using RLHF and Side-by-Side evaluations, improving model accuracy by ~85%
  • ▸Participated in LLM benchmarking initiatives evaluating AI coding assistants for reasoning depth and correctness
  • ▸Designed seeding prompts and evaluation tasks using vetted open-source codebases
  • ▸Conducted detailed multi-turn (10–40+ turns) conversation reviews for clarity and logical flow
  • ▸Built React/Next.js evaluation dashboards adopted by 3 internal teams
ReactNext.jsPythonRLHFLLM EvaluationPrompt Engineering

Full-Stack Software Engineer (Frontend-Heavy)

MedscrollContractRemote (Australia)
Jun 2024 – Dec 2024
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  • ▸Led frontend development of Medscroll, a healthcare AI learning platform used by 2,000+ medical students
  • ▸Improved multiplayer quiz UX, increasing average session time by 28%
  • ▸Refactored legacy frontend into modular TypeScript architecture, reducing future development time by 30%
ReactTypeScriptReduxNode.js

Frontend Developer

LectieRemoteRemote (Australia)
Aug 2022 – Aug 2024
  • ▸Played key role in launching the Lectie web platform
  • ▸Built and optimized social and scheduling features, including collaborative online calendar system
  • ▸Improved performance, responsiveness, and maintainability through reusable component architecture
ReactJavaScriptReduxNode.js

Software Engineer Fellow

MLH Fellowship (Armada Open Source)RemoteRemote
May 2023 – Aug 2023
  • ▸Contributed to Armada, a large-scale open-source Kubernetes project
  • ▸Upgraded frontend dependencies to improve performance and stability
  • ▸Enhanced Kubernetes job log visualization and analysis for Lookout v2
ReactKubernetesGoTypeScript

Featured Projects

Quizzloom

In Progress

AI-Powered Quiz Platform with adaptive quiz generation for students and professionals

  • ▸Multiplayer mode with real-time synchronization
  • ▸AI-driven difficulty adjustment
  • ▸Leaderboards & analytics
Next.jsNode.jsMongoDBOpenAI APIsSocket.io
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Medscroll

Live

Healthcare AI learning platform serving 2,000+ medical students

  • ▸Multiplayer quiz experience
  • ▸AI-enhanced learning paths
  • ▸Real-time collaboration
ReactTypeScriptReduxNode.js
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Education & Certifications

Education

Full-Stack Web Development Program

Microverse
2021 – 2022
1000+ hours | Remote pair programming, React, JavaScript, Ruby

Full-Stack Developer Nanodegree

Udacity (ALX-T)
2022
Python, Flask, SQL, Auth0, Docker, AWS

HND, Computer Science

Auchi Polytechnic
2019 – 2021
First Class Honors

Certifications

  • ▸Frontend Mentor & Tutor — UpliftHub (2026)
  • ▸Developing Back-End Apps with Node.js & Express — IBM (2024)
  • ▸Introduction to Software Engineering — IBM (2024)
  • ▸Certificate of Achievement — MLH Fellowship (2023)
  • ▸Crash Course on Python — Google (2023)

Let's Build Something Amazing

Ready to bring AI/LLM expertise and full-stack excellence to your team.
Available for remote opportunities worldwide.

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