Nikhilesh Gawhale

Full-stack Software Engineer | AI Engineer

Salary / Daily rate

London, UK

Mobility: London

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

PythonFastAPILLMs / Large language modelsTypescriptReactGraphQLHTMLCSSFlaskRESTful APIsNodeMicroservicesPostgreSQLMongoDBRedisAWSAzureGoogle Cloud PlatformDockerKubernetesTesting & QAGitGitHub

Languages

English (Native)

About me

Intro

Full-stack Software Engineer with 2+ years of experience in the UK and an MSc in Artificial Intelligence (Distinction), building production systems across Python, TypeScript, React, and GraphQL. Strong background in Al-powered applications, automation workflows, backend services, and user-facing product delivery, with experience working autonomously in fast-moving environments. Comfortable shipping end-to-end features across frontend, API, and backend layers while collaborating closely with product and engineering teams.

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Work experience

AI Engineer

Outlier AI

Mar 2025 - Aug 2025

6 months

London, UK

– Designed and deployed agentic Al workflows using LangGraph, AutoGen, and CrewAl to automate repetitive tasks and improve operational efficiency by 20%. – Built Python services with FastAPI and WebSockets to support real-time automation and content processing workflows. – Contributed to full-stack delivery by integrating backend logic with user-facing workflow interfaces and internal tooling. – Implemented prompt engineering and evaluation workflows to improve output quality, safety, and reliability in production systems. – Added monitoring and logging to track performance, errors, and model behavior in production environments.

Generative AI Intern

Midas Advisory

Aug 2024 - Dec 2024

5 months

London, UK

– Built and deployed a document analysis and summarisation system for financial and business reports using LLAMA 2 and RAG pipelines. – Developed retrieval pipelines over 10K+ documents using Milvus to ground LLM outputs and reduce hallucinations. – Designed prompt engineering strategies that improved response accuracy and consistency by 18%. – Worked with cross-functional stakeholders to define Al use cases aligned with business goals and data governance requirements. – Optimized GPU workloads on Kubernetes, reducing compute cost by 30% while maintaining performance.

Software Developer

GLOBAL Technologies

Aug 2022 - Aug 2023

1 year 1 month

Pune, Maharashtra, India

– Built ML-powered automation tools to streamline QA and operational workflows, improving efficiency by up to 45%. – Developed predictive pipelines and monitoring tools to reduce defect rates and improve system reliability. – Collaborated with product and QA teams to translate operational needs into scalable automation solutions. – Designed lightweight data validation and exception-handling checks to reduce manual rework and improve workflow consistency. – Supported rollout of workflow improvements by working directly with end users and incorporating feedback into implementation.


Education

Queen Mary University of London

Master of Science, Artificial Intelligence (Distinction)

2023 - 2024

1 year 1 month

– Modules: NLP (85%), Deep Learning (90%), Bayesian Neural Networks (88%), ML Algorithms (89%) Dissertation: Exploring the Relationship Between Temperature and Creativity in Large Language Models – Compared 5 LLMs (GPT-4, Claude, LLaMA, Mistral, Gemini) across creative tasks such as story continuation and poetry. – Developed an evaluation framework using TTCT/DAT creativity metrics to measure fluency, flexibility, and novelty. – Identified optimal temperature ranges for creativity-driven applications.

Shivaji Science College

Bachelor of Computer Applications, Computer Applications

2019 - 2022

3 years 1 month

– GPA: 7.8/10.0 – Key Subjects: Software Engineering, Data Structures, OOP, DBMS

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