# Nicolas Nkiere

> Sr. Software Engineer | GenAI/ML Infra| Building Agents Evaluation Platform

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nicolasnkiere

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer, ML Infrastructure @ LinkedIn
Jan 2024 – Present | Sunnyvale, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ LinkedIn
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Sunnyvale, California, United States
•Generative AI Foundation Team: Developed and optimized Python infrastructure for Generative AI applications, enhancing engineer productivity by over 5x with critical features like hot reloading and production testing. This infrastructure powered products like LinkedIn Coach AI and Recruiter Agents. Moreover, implemented a distributed rate limiter for the LLM Gateway for efficient resource utilization and built observability tools to streamline operations.
•Query Annotation Service: Served as the go-to expert for LinkedIn’s Query Annotation Service, a core component handling every search query across LinkedIn. Provided critical support, ensured platform stability, and introduced features like an embedding annotator to enhance query insights and search capabilities.

### Software Engineer @ LinkedIn
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
SWE in the Data Science Productivity Team

### Software Engineer @ Amazon
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | United States
Software Engineer in the Customer Trust and Partner Support (CTPS) Machine Learning Team. 

Building tools to help Scientists implement and deploy Machine Learning models on AWS
• Working on a Pipeline Analysis Tool that will help scientists and CTPS MLA customers to detect errors in ML pipelines
• Leveraging Python and typescript to build the ML analysis tool, and the infrastructure pipeline used for the tool
• Using AWS Lambdas, S3_Bucket, QuickSight and CloudWatch to do statistical analysis to monitor ML pipelines

### Software Engineer @ Intuit
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Mountain View, California, United States
Software Engineer in the Risk Management Platform

Developed VendorDataHandler for more than 4 consumer credit reporter using Typescript and Java

### Software Engineer @ Intuit
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
• Successfully onboarded Identity Manager Service to Cribl reducing noisy logs significantly, and saving Intuit’s money
• Implemented Validation Tests for the Account Service
• Developed Logging and Field Validation for GraphQL endpoints using Kotlin, greatly easing debugging

### Tutor @ Parkland College
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
- Facilitated the understanding of  students in C, C++ and Python programming

- Aided peers  to improve their skills in Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus III, Differential Equations and Discrete Math.

- Contributed peer student's comprehension of Physics : Mechanics, Thermodynamic, Electricity and Modern Physics.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022

### Parkland College
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nicolasnkiere

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Last updated: 2026-03-22