Ndowah Marcel Ambo
Machine Learning & Generative AI Engineer | Mathematics Graduate | Open Source Contributor
IBM Certified in Machine Learning & Generative AI | Contributor at OCaml API Diff | Former Tech Support Engineer at SolarWinds
About Me
I'm a Machine Learning and Generative AI Engineer building intelligent, data-driven solutions. With a BSc in Mathematics (2020)
and IBM certifications in both ML and Generative AI, I specialize in developing LLM-powered agents, recommendation engines,
and document summarizers. My commitment to robust, user-focused AI systems is demonstrated through active contributions to high-impact
open-source projects like Hugging Face Transformers. Previously, as a Technical Support Engineer, I honed strong debugging, problem-solving,
and client communication skills, which now directly inform my thoughtful engineering approach and collaborative open-source work.
Skills
- Languages & Tools: Python, Git, GitHub, Markdown, Pytest, Jupyter, bash
- ML/AI:
- Supervised and Unsupervised Learning (Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, K-Means, PCA)
- Model Evaluation and Validation (Cross-validation, Precision/Recall, AUC, Confusion Matrix)
- ML Pipelines & Feature Engineering (Data cleaning, preprocessing, vectorization, scaling)
- Transformers and NLP (Tokenizers, Attention Mechanisms, Sequence-to-Sequence Models)
- Hugging Face Transformers Library (Model usage, tokenization, processors, config)
- Generative AI (Prompt Engineering, Text Generation, LLM Integration, Fine-tuning)
- Model Deployment & Inference (API integration, batch/real-time inference basics)
- Libraries: scikit-learn, Hugging Face, LangChain, Agent Development Kit(ADK), NumPy, pandas, matplotlib, PyTorch (beginner level)
- Tools: Git, Docker, VS Code, Postman, GitHub
- Concepts: Regression, Classification, Transformers, LLMs, Recommender Systems, GenAI Agents
- Code Quality:>Refactoring, Docstring Standards, API Documentation, Version Control
- Collaboration:Open Source Workflow, Pull Requests, Code Review, Issue Tracking
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Projects
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House Price Prediction
A regression model predicting housing prices using sklearn pipeline & EDA.
🔗 GitHub Repo |
🔗 Demo UI
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AI-Powered Resume App
A web application that leverages GenAI to generate, analyze, and enhance professional resumes using user inputs and LLMs.
🔗 GitHub Repo |
🔗 Live Demo
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Coursera Course Recommender (In Progress)
Built with collaborative filtering and NLP to recommend online learning paths.
🔗 GitHub Repo |
🔗 Demo UI (Coming Soon)
Professional Experience
- Hugging Face Transformers Contributor – Independent Open Source (Ongoing):
- Actively contributing to the Transformers library, focusing on fixing documentation bugs, updating outdated references, and improving docstring clarity across models and processors.
- Enhancing code quality by refactoring deprecated elements and aligning implementations with evolving API standards (e.g.,
as_target_processor() deprecation for Wav2Vec2Processor).
- Collaborating through GitHub issues, pull requests, and reviews to maintain high standards in readability, usability, and consistency across the codebase.
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Contributions successfully merged and visible in production, including:
PR #38642.
- OCaml API Diff Project Contributor as part of the Outreachy program:
- Enhanced the OCaml API by adding detection for class additions and deletions.
- Implemented CRAM and developed unit tests for end-to-end testing.
- Contributions were successfully merged and are now live in production.
- Technical Support Engineer for the SolarWinds project:
- Gained hands-on experience in troubleshooting, problem-solving, and client communication.
- Worked closely with the development team to ensure smooth project delivery.
- Maintained high client satisfaction during the 1 year and 2 months tenure.