Senior AI/ML and Backend Engineer at Agregar TechnologiesAccra, Ghana
Patrick Attankurugu
I build AI systems that make financial compliance faster, safer, and more scalable.
Senior AI/ML and Backend Engineer specialising in KYC, AML, computer vision, RAG pipelines, and autonomous agent workflows for African financial institutions.
12+production systems built
5live deployments
54AU countries covered
4+years in applied AI
KYC / AMLComputer VisionLangGraph AgentsRAG PipelinesFastAPI
Production compliance AI
Identity verification, AML monitoring, and fraud prevention systems deployed for real workflows.
Current focus
Production AI for identity verification and financial crime prevention.
DomainKYC / AML
BaseAccra, Ghana
About
Senior AI/ML engineer with a compliance edge
I build applied AI systems for financial institutions where model quality, product reliability, and regulatory context all matter. My work spans identity verification, AML monitoring, credit scoring, PEP screening, deepfake detection, and AI-assisted investigation workflows.
At Agregar Technologies, I work across model development and backend engineering: taking ML ideas from prototype to production APIs, integrating them into real workflows, and keeping the systems understandable for the people who depend on them.
Production APIs, not prototypes
African KYC/AML context
Model quality plus backend reliability
Regulator-readable system behavior
Working profile
Builder of production AI systems where compliance, identity, and real-world operations meet.
CurrentSenior AI/ML and Backend Engineer at Agregar Technologies
RecognitionJim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellow, Queen's University
EducationBSc Computer Science, University of Ghana
FocusAI systems for regulated financial services in Africa
InitiativeRamah Upliftment FoundationCo-founder building evidence-based programmes for widows and vulnerable children in Nabdam District, Ghana.
Compliance AI
KYC, KYB, AML, PEP screening, transaction monitoring, and risk scoring.
Computer Vision
Document verification, liveness checks, smart ID capture, and deepfake detection.
Agentic Systems
RAG pipelines, LangGraph workflows, autonomous investigation agents, and SAR drafting.
Production ML
PyTorch, TensorFlow, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, and cloud deployment.
Skills
Core technical expertise
The stack is organized around shipped outcomes: identity verification, financial crime prevention, document intelligence, agentic workflows, and backend systems that survive real operational use.
Production toolchain
HuggingFace TransformersGemini APIClaude APIGroqNeo4jspaCyrapidfuzzPineconeLangSmith
Machine Learning
Risk models, classifiers, model optimization, and deployment.
PythonPyTorchTensorFlowscikit-learnONNXTransformersCNNsModel Quantization
Computer Vision
Document capture, biometric checks, fraud signals, and object detection.
OpenCVYOLOResNetOCRLiveness DetectionDeepfake DetectionDocument Verification
Compliance Domain
Regulated workflows with explainable alerts and audit-friendly outputs.
KYCKYBAMLPEP ScreeningSanctions ScreeningRisk ScoringSAR / STR Workflows
LLMs and Agents
Retrieval, reasoning, investigation support, and report drafting.
LangGraphLangChainLlamaIndexRAGVector DatabasesPrompt EngineeringEntity Resolution
Identity Systems
Individual, corporate, and employee verification patterns.
Biometric MatchingBusiness VerificationUBO DetectionWatchlist MonitoringSmart ID Capture
Backend and Cloud
APIs, queues, databases, containerized services, and deployment.
FastAPINext.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLRedisDockerAWSCI/CD
Experience
Work Experience
The common thread is taking AI from research-shaped ideas into APIs, workflows, and operating systems that people can trust in regulated environments.
Agregar Technologies
CurrentSenior AI/ML and Backend Engineer
Aug 2024 - Present
Build production AI/ML systems for identity verification and financial compliance across Africa, including credit scoring, document verification, smart ID capture, AML monitoring, and biometric fraud prevention.
Production KYC, AML, credit, document, and biometric fraud systems.
PythonPyTorchTensorFlowYOLOOpenCVFastAPIPostgreSQLRedisDockerAWS
Ghana Digital Centres Limited
AI Engineer
Nov 2022 - Jul 2024
Built a real-time predictive surveillance system that connects to IP cameras and uses computer vision models to detect suspicious activity. Led a five-person engineering team.
Real-time computer vision system plus team leadership.
PythonPyTorchOpenCVTensorFlow
SuperFluid Labs
AI Engineer and Team Lead
2020
Led a four-person engineering team building an LLM-powered solution for an AI innovation challenge, finishing in the top four of twelve competing teams.
Top-four finish in a competitive AI innovation challenge.
PythonLLMsPrompt Engineering
Selected Work
Shipped AI systems for compliance, identity, and social impact
Enterprise deployments, open-source tools, and live products — across financial compliance, identity verification, and social impact.
LiveSENTINEL
Autonomous Compliance AI
Live agentic compliance platform: real-time multi-agent investigations, explainable AI, and measured model quality.
Six specialized AI agents orchestrated by LangGraph run end-to-end AML/KYC investigations — sanctions/PEP research, document and graph-based network analysis, explainable risk scoring, and SAR drafting — streamed live, agent-by-agent. Also features an agentic copilot (LLM tool-calling over live data), a model-evaluation dashboard (precision/recall vs labeled ground truth), and semantic case similarity.
PythonLangGraphGeminiFastAPINext.jsRedisPostgreSQL
Live demo — run an agent investigation and ask the copilot
Open SourceAfricaPEP
Open-Source PEP Screening Platform
Screening interface and open data workflow for Africa-wide PEP checks.
Real-time screening platform for politically exposed persons across all 54 African Union member states. Features fuzzy name matching, graph-based relationship detection, country filtering, and batch processing for KYC/AML workflows.
FastAPINeo4jPostgreSQLNext.jsspaCyDocker
54 AU member states covered
Confidential System
KYC/KYB Fraud Risk Engine
Identity & Business Verification
Python
FastAPI
PostgreSQL
ML Models
KYC/KYB Fraud Risk Engine
Identity & Business Verification
Unified KYC/KYB risk pipeline for individual and corporate onboarding.
End-to-end identity and business verification engine covering document checks, liveness, PEP screening, sanctions, and risk scoring for both individual (KYC) and corporate (KYB) onboarding.
PythonFastAPIPostgreSQLML ModelsDocker
Enterprise deployment — client visuals confidential
Private deployment
Confidential System
Deepfake Detection System
Biometric Fraud Prevention
Python
PyTorch
Deep Learning
OpenCV
Deepfake Detection System
Biometric Fraud Prevention
Multi-layer biometric fraud checks running in regulated identity workflows.
Production system detecting AI-generated faces, video replays, and printed photo spoofing in KYC workflows, paired with trained models for intelligent Ghanaian ID capture.
PythonPyTorchDeep LearningOpenCVYOLO
Enterprise deployment — client visuals confidential
Private deployment
Confidential System
AI Credit Scoring Engine
Risk Modeling
Python
scikit-learn
FastAPI
PostgreSQL
AI Credit Scoring Engine
Risk Modeling
Automated decisioning service for credit risk review at financial institutions.
Machine learning credit scoring system that pulls individual and business credit data from XDS Data bureau, applies risk models, and returns automated decisioning for financial institutions.
Pythonscikit-learnFastAPIPostgreSQLXDS Data
Enterprise deployment — client visuals confidential
Private deployment
LiveLexAura
African Regulatory Intelligence
Regulatory Q&A interface for African compliance research.
AI-powered regulatory intelligence platform for African financial compliance. Gives instant, citation-backed answers on KYC, AML, and STR regulations across Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, and FATF standards.
PythonLLMsRAGNext.js
Public app capture
Recognition
Awards & Recognition
Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellow
2023Queen's University, Canada
Over 1,000 candidates from all 54 African countries were accepted into the programme. Only 60 became fellows at the end of three months - I was one of them.
BSc Computer Science
2021University of Ghana
Transitioned from Chemistry to Computer Science and graduated with a focus on AI and data science.
AI Innovation Challenge, Top 4
2020SuperFluid Labs and AI Commons
Led a four-person engineering team building an LLM-powered solution, finishing in the top four of twelve competing teams.
AgriTech Innovation Challenge
2023Kosmos Innovation Center
Led technical development for a data-driven platform modeling cassava processing efficiency and export optimisation.
Contact
Working on a hard AI problem?
If you're building a team around compliance AI, identity systems, or production ML in Africa and beyond — I'd like to hear from you. Open to senior engineering roles, technical leadership, and project partnerships.
Emailpatricka.azuma@gmail.com
WhatsApp+233 545 014 267
LinkedInpatrick-ai-africa
GitHubPatrickAttankurugu
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