Summary
Iradukunda Cynthia is an AI software engineer and co-founder with eight years of hands-on experience building web and cloud-native applications across Rwanda and internationally. Currently a Machine Learning in Production Teaching Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University and co-founder of SafeSpeak, she blends production ML deployment knowledge with full-stack expertise in React, Angular, TypeScript, Express, MongoDB and Rust-backed APIs. Cynthia has a track record of shipping reliable interfaces and automation—authoring E2E tests for 40+ components with Playwright and Docker—and improving accessibility and responsiveness in clinical and open-source projects. A strong community builder and mentor, she has led teaching and pairing initiatives from university classrooms to global fellowships, and translates technical products for local impact (including Kinyarwanda localization). Her dual master’s focus on AI and software engineering, plus AWS cloud training, positions her to bridge research-grade ML work and pragmatic, production-ready systems.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master's degree MSIT, Master's degree MSIT at Carnegie Mellon University Africa
Bachelor's degree Computing, Bachelor's degree Computing at The African Leadership University
Tech Interviews Prep, Tech Interviews Prep at Speak_
Master's degree AI + Software enginnering, Master's degree AI + Software enginnering at Carnegie Mellon University
AWS Re/Start Cloud computing, AWS Re/Start Cloud computing at Azubi Africa
Bachelor's degree Computing, Bachelor's degree Computing at Glasgow Caledonian University
English, French