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Levis Otieno

@levis_talisman

Python FastAPI Developer, AI Red Teaming and LLM Evaluation

Kenya
English, Swahili
About me
Software engineer and AI-training specialist (Nairobi). I build backends in Python and FastAPI: REST APIs, webhooks, M-Pesa and WhatsApp Cloud API integrations, Telegram bots, Linux deployment. I also evaluate and red-team AI systems: I recently assessed six tool-enabled AI agents and mapped every finding to the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs and MITRE ATLAS. 2+ years of prompt/response evaluation, rubric design and data annotation. Founder of Tumia AI and FitFreelance Escrow. Clear, reproducible deliverables, every time.... Read more

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API & Integrations
I will build a fastapi backend, rest api or mpesa and whatsapp integration in python
From$40 / projectMore details
AI Technology Consulting
I will red team your ai agent or llm app and deliver an owasp mapped security report
From$50 / projectMore details

Portfolio

Work experience

Handshake

AI Trainer and Evaluation Specialist

Handshake

Jan 2026 - Present • 9 mos

AI training and evaluation work as a subject expert in software engineering and AI security. Design and grade complex, realistic tasks for LLMs and coding agents; write rubrics with clear pass/fail criteria; evaluate and rank model responses for accuracy, reasoning, instruction-following and safety; write ideal reference answers; and red-team model behaviour, documenting failure modes with reproducible evidence.

Remotasks

AI Training Specialist

Remotasks

Jan 2024 - Present • 2 yrs 9 mos

Prompt/response evaluation, rubric-based grading, data annotation and transcription across multiple AI-training projects. Apply detailed project guidelines with high accuracy and consistency; manage several concurrent projects independently and adapt quickly to new tools and instructions.