About Segun Umoru
I am a Senior AI/ML Engineer and Solutions Architect based in Lagos, Nigeria. I design and ship high-reliability intelligent systems across fintech, logistics, edtech, and the public sector — and I teach engineering teams how to build, operate, and maintain them.
The Narrative
My foundation began in pure and applied mathematics at the University of Ibadan. In mathematics, an argument either holds under every boundary condition or it fails entirely. When I transitioned into data science and software engineering, that instinct stayed with me: models are not magic, they are statistical functions that require strict boundary governance, robust feature engineering, and deterministic error handling.
Over the last five years, I have seen the generative AI landscape evolve from early predictive models to complex multi-agent architectures. Yet throughout this cycle, the fundamental reason systems fail in production remains unchanged: organizations build flashy prototypes directly on messy, unstructured data without the critical intermediate intelligence and governance layer.
My work centers on solving this exact bottleneck. Whether engineering a 99%+ accurate fraud detection pipeline handling Kafka event streams in Nigerian banking, deploying AWS Bedrock RAG assistants for county government queries with zero PII breaches, or architecting multi-agent investment monitors with durable execution in Temporal.io, I design systems with structural human-in-the-loop controls where a compromised or hallucinating model cannot cause catastrophic failure by design.
B.Sc. Mathematics
University of Ibadan, 2015
Professional Diploma in Education
Meadow Hall College of Education, 2022
Career & Engagements
Engineering leadership across enterprise clients, remote teams, and high-growth technology companies.
Vertex Software Corps · Austin, TX (Remote)
Architected enterprise RAG chatbot systems (BUTLER) handling 5,000+ daily public inquiries with 99.9% uptime, migrating from serverless limits to direct AWS Bedrock + OpenSearch Serverless architectures with automated PII redaction and multi-language support.
Blage Technologies Solutions · Remote
Led technical architecture for Tage (conversational trading assistant over WhatsApp) and TradeSense AI (agentic private-market investment assumption monitoring with Temporal.io durable execution and structural human-in-the-loop governance).
Certin · Paris, France (Remote)
Built per-tenant IsolationForest anomaly detectors and GradientBoosting SLA delay prediction classifiers for logistics operations, driving a 10–20% reduction in manual issue resolution and surfacing operational bottlenecks 48 hours in advance.
Optimus AI Labs · Toronto, Canada (Remote)
Directed engineering for four production AI platforms, including OMNIS (2D financial sentiment and fit scoring platform for Nigerian banking with 99%+ fraud detection accuracy) and EevAI (full-stack customer support with RAG and CRM escalation).
3Signet Limited · Lagos, Nigeria
Led cross-functional teams building production predictive analytics pipelines and AI-powered public service accessibility chatbots using Gemini API function calling, FastAPI, FAISS, and automated Airflow data pipelines.
GOMYCODE · Lagos, Nigeria
Designed and delivered industry-grade training and project implementations in fraud classification, computer vision, time-series forecasting, and LLM orchestration, helping train engineering talent across Africa.
Recommendations
Direct feedback on engineering rigor, training effectiveness, and collaborative problem-solving.
4.8 / 5.0
Average from 11 LinkedIn reviews
“It went smooth. He is incredibly patient, insightful and always willing to go extra miles to help me better and think critically about my projects on data. He has this rare talent of breaking down complex data into clear and actionable steps making the project process exciting and smooth. He is never tired or dismissive whenever i ask questions. Always on standby to answer my questions.”
Sylvia Ukpa
Data Analyst, Administrative Officer
“I had the pleasure of working with Segun, and I was thoroughly impressed by his professionalism, reliability, and depth of expertise. He consistently delivered high-quality work, communicated effectively, and demonstrated a strong commitment to achieving results. Segun approaches every task with clarity and precision, and his ability to solve problems efficiently made working with him a smooth and productive experience.”
Ifeoma Augusta Adigwe
Business Process Analyst
“It was a great time with Mr Segun, a great teacher in Data Analytics and Data Science. Nice being one your students”
Shola Dare
Co-Founder; Cisco Netacad Lead Instructor · YouTo Global / LearnMate / MTech Club
“I enjoyed working with Segun. He has helped upskill my knowledge in Excel, Python and PowerBi. I wholly recommend him.”
Edwin Ajogun
Senior Programme Manager, Investment · Royal Academy of Engineering
Beyond the Work
Technical capability without grounding produces complexity for its own sake. The discipline I bring to engineering comes from deep-seated principles of stewardship, faith, community, and mentorship.
Building systems that organizations rely on requires absolute truthfulness about what AI can and cannot do. I do not sell hype; I architect solutions that stand up to audit and reality.
With a formal background in education alongside mathematics, I believe knowledge transfer is the highest form of engineering leverage. A system nobody can operate is a liability.
Active commitment to expanding Africa's AI talent pipeline through the 3MTT initiative, Data Science Nigeria, GOMYCODE, and university hackathons.
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