Tim Sankara

Senior Software Engineer & AI Specialist

Manchester, United Kingdom

Pioneering AI specialist and software architect with a proven track record of building transformative technology solutions. As the Founder and CTO of Rookih Labs, I've architected AI systems serving 100,000+ users while achieving a 40% reduction in system latency.

Technical Expertise

AI & Machine Learning

Specialized in large-scale AI systems with focus on LLMs and RAG.

Large Language ModelsRAG SystemsNeural NetworksPyTorchTensorFlow

Systems Architecture

Expert in designing and implementing high-performance distributed systems.

Distributed SystemsCloud InfrastructureHigh-Performance ComputingMicroservices

Core Languages

Python

8+

Expert

AI/ML Development

TypeScript

7+

Expert

Full-stack Development

Rust

3+

Advanced

Systems Programming

Experience

Rookih Labs

Founder & CTO

2022 - 2025

  • Architected AI infrastructure serving 100,000+ monthly active users
  • Reduced system latency by 40% through optimization
  • Developed proprietary RAG system improving accuracy by 75%

ILINA Program

AI safety Research Fellow

2023

  • Conducted techical research in AI Alignment through reimplementation of existing and promising techniques.
  • Created scalable algorithm implementations using PyTorch

BlueDot Impact

Software Engineering Contractor

2025

  • Implemented relaunch of the new website

Community Impact

Effective Altruism Nairobi

Co-Lead

2024 - 2025

Community builiding in the biggest city group in East, Southern and Central Africa.

Effective Altruism JKUAT

Founder

2022 - 2025

Founded and grew the largest university chapter in Africa

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