𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭-𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 AI Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on experience in architecting and building production-grade AI systems including 6 years at Microsoft and GE Healthcare, where I designed and deployed compliant AI systems in enterprise environments, healthcare, and legal.
I specialize in transforming complex real-world problems into clean, reliable, and deployable AI systems from model design and optimization to cloud deployment and integration.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐃𝐎:
I architect and build compliant AI systems for regulated industries where accuracy, auditability, and data controls matter as much as model performance.
▸ 𝐋𝐋𝐌 & 𝐑𝐀𝐆 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬
Production AI systems with hybrid retrieval, structured grounding, hallucination mitigation, semantic caching, evaluation pipelines, monitoring, and reliability controls.
▸ 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 & 𝐀𝐈 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Agentic and multi-agent workflows for voice AI, productivity AI, AI accessibility using LangGraph, LangChain, MCP-style orchestration, guardrails, fallback logic, and session-aware memory.
▸ 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬
Production ML pipelines for ranking, classification, OCR / extraction, multimodal workflows, prediction, and model deployment designed for measurable outcomes and maintainable architecture.
▸ 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
Computer vision and multimodal systems for OCR, document processing, form extraction, image classification, object detection, and image-to-structured-data pipelines.
▸𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 & 𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐚𝐚𝐒
Scalable AI platforms and SaaS products with secure APIs, orchestration layers, cloud-native deployment, multi-tenant architecture, RBAC, and product-ready backend systems.
▸ 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬
Compliance-aware AI systems for healthcare, legal, and fintech, including HIPAA, PHI, PII, auditability, deterministic workflows, and risk-controlled deployment patterns.
▸ 𝐀𝐈 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬
LLM, RAG, ML, and computer vision integrated into enterprise workflows, internal tools, legal document systems, healthcare platforms, accessibility-focused products, and SaaS applications through APIs and event-driven architecture.
◆ 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤
▸ 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐞 - 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐈 / 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
Built an AI-powered legal document and citation platform designed to extract citations, organize references, and improve legal research workflows.
Business result: Reduced manual citation review overhead to 80% and improved the speed to 60%.
▸ 𝐌𝐌𝐇𝐏 - 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐈
Built an AI-powered mental health platform with structured assessments, dashboards, and privacy-sensitive conversational experiences.
Business result: Improved support continuity and reduced friction across mental health engagement workflows.
▸ 𝐀𝐈 𝐃𝐨𝐜 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 - 𝐀𝐈 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦
Built an AI document-generation system for creating structured documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and multimedia content.
Business result: Reduced manual drafting effort, accelerated content workflows, and improved output consistency.
◆ 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐈 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠
✓ Enterprise level AI systems delivered (Microsoft, Bayer, GE Healthcare)
✓ Production AI architecture that holds up under real usage, not just demos
✓ AI systems designed and built with compliance and risk boundaries in mind
✓ Hallucination risk reduced at the system-design level
✓ Agent workflows built for reliability, not experimentation
✓ Machine learning systems that are deployable, monitorable, and aligned with product goals
◆ 𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐇𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐄
LLM / Agents: OpenAI · Anthropic (Claude) · LangChain · LangGraph · LlamaIndex · Hugging Face · MCP · AutoGen · Multi-agent orchestration · tool-use agents · human-in-the-loop · evaluation pipelines · hallucination measurement
Retrieval / RAG: Pinecone · Weaviate · hybrid SQL + vector search · Semantic retrieval · context quality scoring · RAG evaluation harnesses calibrated per-domain
ML / Vision (Healthcare-specific): PyTorch · TensorFlow · OpenCV · OCR · DICOM · multimodal pipelines · Clinical-grade model evaluation standards
Backend / APIs: Python · FastAPI · Node.js · REST APIs · Event-driven systems · microservices · FHIR-compatible API design
Infrastructure: AWS · Azure · GCP · Docker · Kubernetes · CI/CD · MLOps · evaluation pipelines · audit-logging infrastructure · HIPAA-compliant data residency configurations
I'd love to help in building your AI products from ground up or fixing your underperforming systems/models.
Need an AI architect/engineer to own production delivery end to end? Send me a message!
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Generative AI
Large Language Model
Retrieval Augmented Generation
AI Agent Development
Conversational AI
Cloud Architecture
SaaS Development
Healthcare IT
Legal Software
FinTech
AI Marketplace
Data Annotation
Generative Model
LangChain
Python
Automated Workflow
Computer Vision
MLOps
Chymae M.
Chicago, Illinois
$30/hr
5.0
1 jobs
I'm an experienced administrative and legal professional with over 7 years of expertise supporting law firms and office operations. Whether you need help with payroll, client billing, legal assistance, or remote office management, I can help.
I’ve managed firm-wide operations, including onboarding/offboarding employees, benefits administration, payroll processing (Paychex), calendar management, and reconciling financial accounts using QuickBooks. I’m also skilled in legal software like Smokeball, Clio, and ProLaw, and have experience drafting legal documents, managing client intakes, and submitting court documents via various E-Filing systems.
I’m fast, detail-oriented, and a quick learner—ready to jump in and help your business run smoothly.
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