Kerod Sisay
AI Engineer | Agentic Systems and LLM Applications
Professional summary
AI engineer with 2+ years of experience building and shipping agentic applications, LLM workflows, RAG systems, and the APIs and data pipelines behind them. Delivered internal tools used in real workflows, including an MCP-based human-in-the-loop system that turns unstructured inputs into approved database actions and a job-application platform that generates and evaluates tailored resumes and cover letters. Hands-on with Python, FastAPI, model APIs, vector databases, evaluation, retrieval, data engineering, and full-stack delivery. Also leads technical training across AI, machine learning, data science, and data engineering.
Core skills
Agentic AI and LLMs
Agentic workflows · MCP · tool use · structured outputs · prompt design · LLM evaluation · OpenAI API · Google Gemini · Hugging Face
RAG and retrieval
RAG · embeddings · vector search · RAGAS · Weaviate · Pinecone · Milvus · NLP
Backend and software
Python · FastAPI · REST APIs · PostgreSQL · SQL · TypeScript · Next.js · React · Docker · Git
Data and machine learning
Airflow · dbt · Pandas · scikit-learn · DVC · Amazon QuickSight · data pipelines · model evaluation
Professional experience
AI Engineer · 10 Academy · Remote
Apr 2024 - Present- Designed and built the Intelligent Form System, an MCP-based agentic application that extracts structured data, requests missing information, supports human review, and executes approved database actions.
- Built a job-application asset generator used by trainees to create role-focused resumes and cover letters, with LLM-based relevance and consistency evaluation.
- Build and maintain the back-end APIs, data pipelines, and full-stack features that support the training platform and its internal workflows.
Project Delivery Coordinator · Tenacious Intelligence
Apr 2026 - Present- Support end-to-end delivery of client projects, turning client needs into actionable tasks with the project manager and product owner.
- Schedule and prioritize work across teams, acting as the bridge between internal teams and the client.
- Coordinate weekly client calls (agendas, updates, follow-ups) and track progress, flagging blockers early to keep delivery on time and to the expected quality.
Lead Tutor (promoted from Technical Tutor) · 10 Academy · Remote
Oct 2025 - Present- Lead the tutoring track for two cohorts that graduated around 350 trainees, approximately 250 of them women.
- Coordinate and mentor the tutoring team across AI, data engineering, data science, and machine learning programs.
- Guide trainees from technical fundamentals through project delivery.
Technical Tutor · 10 Academy · Remote
Apr 2024 - Oct 2025- Tutored across seven cohorts that graduated more than 400 trainees in AI, data engineering, data science, and machine learning.
Selected projects
Intelligent Form System · 10 Academy | Internal product
Agentic AI · MCP · LLMs · Full-stack- Built the agentic workflow, MCP integrations, and front-end interface used by the internal team.
- Turned documents, links, and plain text into structured records, requested missing information, and executed approved database actions after human review.
Résumé Tailoring & Scoring · 10 Academy | Internal product
GenAI · LLMs · Evaluation- Built a tool that generates role-focused resumes and cover letters from a trainee's existing experience and a selected job.
- Implemented LLM-based relevance and consistency evaluation, with side-by-side human review before trainees use the generated documents.
Contract Q&A RAG · Portfolio project
RAG · LLMs · RAGAS · Python- Built a retrieval-augmented generation pipeline for answering questions over long legal contracts with supporting context.
- Used RAGAS to evaluate retrieval and generation quality while iterating on the pipeline.
Amharic RAG Ad Builder · Training project
RAG · Hugging Face · Amharic NLP · FastAPI- Developed a RAG pipeline with open-source language models to generate context-aware Amharic advertising copy.
- Exposed the workflow through FastAPI and explored retrieval behavior for a low-resource language.
Automated BI Reporting Pipeline · Tenacious Intelligence | Client project
dbt · QuickSight · Data Engineering · Automation- Independently built a dbt reporting layer over more than 1TB of source data and 7.2M reporting rows.
- Delivered Amazon QuickSight dashboards with scheduled daily refreshes, replacing a manual reporting process the client described as taking days.