Engen Sherpa is an AI Engineer based in London with nine years of experience building and productionising ML systems across startups and enterprise hospitality. He has delivered end-to-end solutions from mobile-ready computer vision and image captioning to ETA forecasting and RAG-powered knowledge retrieval, driving measurable business impact such as halving inventory costs. At Utopian AI he integrates LLMs, automation and CI/CD pipelines to operationalise customer service agents and internal search for hospitality teams. His background spans founding a messaging startup, contributing to deep learning coursework implementations on GitHub, and optimizing on-device models—evidence of both research-mindedness and product-focused delivery. Engen pairs an MSc in Artificial Intelligence with hands-on engineering, favouring pragmatic, test-driven approaches to AI safety and applied ML.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science and Business Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science and Business Information Technology at Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant / University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Foundation degree Computing/Information Technology/Web Development, Foundation degree Computing/Information Technology/Web Development at CTL
Deep Learning Specialization by Andrew Ng, deeplearning.ai.
Role in this project:
Data Scientist
Contributions:196 commits, 189 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Engen contributed to the development of a deep learning model, specifically a logistic regression classifier implemented with a neural network mindset. This included initializations of model parameters, computations of the cost function and its gradient, and the application of an optimization algorithm (gradient descent). The user also organized these elements into a cohesive model function.
Contributions:35 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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