Current Position

Centre for Information Resilience - London, United Kingdom (October 2024 - March 2025)

Data Engineer / Analyst (Part-time)

  • Implemented a refined semi-automated and manual annotation process, categorising social media posts based on hate speech, type , sentiment, and target protected characteristics. Applied advanced natural language processing (NLP) techniques to streamline annotation accuracy and efficiency.
  • Conducted in-depth data analysis, extracting key trends and answering thought-provoking research questions about the nature and proliferation of digital hate speech in Ethiopia. These insights significantly contributed to government and social organisation policies aimed at mitigating online hate and, most critically, gender-based hate speech.
  • Contributed to a comprehensiveresearch report based on findings from the study, providing data-driven recommendations for combating hate speech on social networks in Ethiopia. The report served as a critical resource for government agencies, policymakers, and advocacy groups working to create safer digital spaces.
BT Group - Manchester, England, United Kingdom (January 2023 - October 2024)

Software Engineering Team Lead

  • Rapidly settled into the platform 1 team, becomig a pivotal member within just 6months. Consistently proactive and quick to seek and provide help, ensuring seamless issue resolution and fostering a collaborative team environment.
  • Demonstrated strong technical acumen and a problem-solving mindset, effectively unblocking team members on technical challenges. Delivered high-quality ,standards-ccompliant features, significantly contributing to team success.
  • Played a key role in addressing and resolving the critical 1WorldSync issue impacting products creation and sales on the EE martket place . Collaborated closely with 1WorldSync and support teams to identify the root cause and implement a solution, mitigating customer impact and enhancing platform reliablity.
  • Excitedly explore and contributed to new areas such as DevOps and infrastructure, showcasing a keen ability to learn and adapt, and was recognized for being technically sound, with excellent communication skills and a collaborative spirit.
  • Despite a short tenure, made a lasting impact through strong leadership, technical contributions, and unwavering dedication to team success . Left BT after 10 months to pursue a PhD in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Manchester, a testament to continous learning and professional growth.
Centre for Information Resilience - London, United Kingdom (June 2023 - February 2024)

Data Engineer / Analyst (Part-time)

  • Developed efficient scraping technology for social media, enhancing data collection for analyzing online abuse against Ethiopia-protected characteristics.
  • Led data analysis efforts,revealing demographic patterns in obline abuse through clear visualizations.
  • Collaborated on a comprehensive report and engaged stakeholders to advocate for actionablesolutions against online abuse in Ethiopia.
  • Led the team effprt to publish a paper titled "Resources for Annotating Hate Speech in Social Media Platforms Used in Ethiopia: A novel Lexicon and Labelling Scheme" at a prestigious conferenc. This publication showcased innovative methods for annotating hate speech in Ethiopian social media, contributing valuable resources to the broader research community.

Previous Experiences

Centre for Information Resilience - London, United Kingdom (October 2024 - Present (Part-time))

Data Engineer / Analyst

  • Implemented a refined semi-automated and manual annotation process, categorising social media posts based on hate speech, type , sentiment, and target protected characteristics. Applied advanced natural language processing (NLP) techniques to streamline annotation accuracy and efficiency.
  • Conducted in-depth data analysis, extracting key trends and answering thought-provoking research questions about the nature and proliferation of digital hate speech in Ethiopia. These insights significantly contributed to government and social organisation policies aimed at mitigating online hate and, most critically, gender-based hate speech.
  • Contributed to a comprehensiveresearch report based on findings from the study, providing data-driven recommendations for combating hate speech on social networks in Ethiopia. The report served as a critical resource for government agencies, policymakers, and advocacy groups working to create safer digital spaces.
BT Group - Manchester, England, United Kingdom (January 2023 - October 2024)

Software Engineering Team Lead

  • Rapidly settled into the platform 1 team, becomig a pivotal member within just 6months. Consistently proactive and quick to seek and provide help, ensuring seamless issue resolution and fostering a collaborative team environment.
  • Demonstrated strong technical acumen and a problem-solving mindset, effectively unblocking team members on technical challenges. Delivered high-quality ,standards-ccompliant features, significantly contributing to team success.
  • Played a key role in addressing and resolving the critical 1WorldSync issue impacting products creation and sales on the EE martket place . Collaborated closely with 1WorldSync and support teams to identify the root cause and implement a solution, mitigating customer impact and enhancing platform reliablity.
  • Excitedly explore and contributed to new areas such as DevOps and infrastructure, showcasing a keen ability to learn and adapt, and was recognized for being technically sound, with excellent communication skills and a collaborative spirit.
  • Despite a short tenure, made a lasting impact through strong leadership, technical contributions, and unwavering dedication to team success . Left BT after 10 months to pursue a PhD in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Manchester, a testament to continous learning and professional growth.
Centre for Information Resilience - London, United Kingdom (June 2023 - February 2024(Part-time))

Data Engineer / Analyst

  • Developed efficient scraping technology for social media, enhancing data collection for analyzing online abuse against Ethiopia-protected characteristics.
  • Led data analysis efforts,revealing demographic patterns in obline abuse through clear visualizations.
  • Collaborated on a comprehensive report and engaged stakeholders to advocate for actionablesolutions against online abuse in Ethiopia.
  • Led the team effprt to publish a paper titled "Resources for Annotating Hate Speech in Social Media Platforms Used in Ethiopia: A novel Lexicon and Labelling Scheme" at a prestigious conferenc. This publication showcased innovative methods for annotating hate speech in Ethiopian social media, contributing valuable resources to the broader research community.
Fiserv Inc., London - England (Mar, 2021-2023)

Development Team Lead, Platforms (Remote)

  • Spearheaded the development and contributed significantly to the architectural design of a financial transaction monitoring engine for facilitating and managing merchants and consumer risks on payment transactions using rule‑based approaches.
  • Maintained and improved the efficiency and scaling of the company’s Exchange platform for transaction processing to accommodate significantly more merchants.
  • Participated in the integration of faster payments to the company’s Exchange platform.
  • Completed all projects and fixed all bugs within deadlines, securing at least 90% client and development manager’s satisfaction scores.
  • Followed Agile development methodology (Scrum), including requirement gathering, impact analysis, and sprint planning to find solutions for all business needs and translate requirements into functional and technical specifications.
Kaduna State Government, Kaduna - Nigeria (Aug, 2019 - Oct, 2020)

Speacial Assistant to Senior Adviser & Counsellor (Office of the Governor)

  • Proposed a strategic and data‑centric platform to visualize economic growth, revenue generation and job creation.
  • Designed, developed and deployed websites for Kaduna State Government companies and agencies.
  • Collaborated with various stakeholders, including the government ministries, agencies, and departments, private sector entities, and community representatives, to identify bottlenecks and develop innovative solutions to ensure that the Kaduna State Government remains top in all Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) rankings.
Penetralia Hub, Abuja - Nigeria (Apr, 2019 - Oct, 2020)

Remote Software Developer (Part-time)

  • Built an employee management application to manage employees’ records, attendance, leave, salaries, projects, tasks and appraisals, which is now used as an enterprise software solution across multiple companies and organisations.
  • Developed a fully functional web‑based tax portal for Nasarawa State Internal Revenue Service, Nigeria, that significantly reduced tax evasion in the state by over 5%.
Lexington Technologies, Kaduna - Nigeria (Jan, 2019 - Aug, 2019)

Software Engineer

  • Led a team to develop the Nigerian Academic Research Intelligence System (NARIS), a plagiarism detection software that is being adopted by Federal Universities in Nigeria.
  • Deployed an academic repository titled “the Nigerian Academic Research Repository (NARR)” set to be implemented as a centralised repository for research contents in Nigerian Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education and Research Institutes
Dixre Enterprises, Kaduna - Nigeria (Dec, 2015 - Nov, 2018)

Software Developer (Internship)

  • Spearheaded communication with client to understand pain points. Increased customer retention by 17%.
  • Developed the company’s management software that provides detailed and concise information on the company income, expense and revenue generation.
  • Managed training for the organization’s newly hired employees attached to the software development team.
Guaranty Trust Bank, Kaduna - Nigeria (Feb, 2015 - Sep, 2015)

Customer Service Representative (Internship)

  • Developed relationships with at least 90 new customers and typically increased customer satisfaction and retention.
  • Answered an average of 20 questions daily about account types and banking products.
  • Successfully trained and coached a replacement after securing admission to study for a degree program in Computer Science.