James Sandy
Research Fellow at Atlanta Consulting Group (ACG)
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Sandy is a Research Fellow and seasoned ML & Data Engineer with eight years of experience building cloud-native AI and data solutions that drive business growth. Based in Nairobi, he has helped clients across EMEA deliver scalable pipelines and AI products on Google Cloud as a Partner Engineer while consulting for startups to optimize ETL and data accessibility. His work bridges hands-on engineering and AI safety research, producing technical writing that clarifies risks alongside practical deployments. James has moved between startups and consulting roles, bringing production-grade rigor from companies like Coinstal and Analog into research-focused initiatives. He is skilled at turning ambiguous data challenges into repeatable, high-performance systems and is comfortable operating across research, implementation, and client-facing roles. Unusually for an engineer with deep production experience, he actively researches AI safety—combining operational know-how with a safety-minded perspective on model deployment.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Uyo
Github Skills (45)
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jamessandy/OBF-News-letter
Nov 2018 - Feb 2019
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
jamessandy/tomatoe-plant
Feb 2023 - Apr 2023
Contributions:32 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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