Branton Thuo
AI Data Specialist and Data Engineer
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About
I am a detail-oriented AI Data Specialist and Data Engineer with over 3 years of experience working with datasets. My expertise includes data validation, annotation workflows and AI-supporting systems. I am experienced in collecting data preprocessing it ensuring data quality and preparing datasets for machine learning and forecasting workflows.
As a native Swahili speaker with English skills I excel in analytical, problem-solving and remote collaboration tasks. I am skilled in handling data tasks accurately and consistently even in deadline-driven environments.
Experience
Data Science & Web Development Intern at IZET Hub (2023-01 – 2024-12)
- Optimized SQL queries to support AI analytics and structured dataset workflows.
- Built ETL-style data cleaning and transformation pipelines for machine learning datasets.
- Performed data validation and quality assurance checks to improve consistency and reliability.
- Supported dataset ingestion and retrieval through backend API integration.
- Assisted in analytics model testing and dataset preparation processes for AI-focused projects.
ICT Support & Data Systems Intern at Kilimo Agricultural Centre (2022-01 – 2023-12)
- Supported the deployment of an ML-based agricultural forecasting system using multi-year datasets.
- Performed data preprocessing, normalization, deduplication and feature engineering tasks.
- Assisted in maintaining data consistency, reliability and reporting workflows.
- Developed batch-processing workflows supporting forecasting and analytics systems.
AI & DATA SPECIALIST
As an AI and data specialist I have experience performing data annotation, labeling, categorization and validation tasks across datasets. I am familiar with pairwise comparisons, response evaluation and quality-review workflows. I understand AI training data requirements, consistency standards and guideline-based evaluation. I am comfortable working with content and language-focused data tasks in Swahili and English.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering – Zetech University (2025-12)
