
Nikhilesh Gawhale
Full-stack Software Engineer | AI Engineer
Salary / Daily rate
London, UK
Mobility: London
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
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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.
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