I’m Tarikua Misganaw, an AI Engineer specializing in LLM integration, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and agent systems. Currently, I architect and deploy AI workflows that couple vector search, contextual grounding, and autonomous agent orchestration to deliver production-grade AI solutions.

Tarikua Misganaw

I’m Tarikua Misganaw, an AI Engineer specializing in LLM integration, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and agent systems. Currently, I architect and deploy AI workflows that couple vector search, contextual grounding, and autonomous agent orchestration to deliver production-grade AI solutions.

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I’m Tarikua Misganaw, an AI Engineer specializing in LLM integration, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and agent systems.

Currently, I architect and deploy AI workflows that couple vector search, contextual grounding, and autonomous agent orchestration to deliver production-grade AI solutions.

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Language

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Work Experience

Website Developer Intern at Trip Ways PLC
June 20, 2023 - September 20, 2023
Implemented secure authentication methods, including Gmail, Google, and phone verification. Facilitated buying and selling through auctions and fixed pricing. Integrated a secure payment gateway with PayPal.
Back End Developer Intern at Eskalate
May 1, 2024 - August 1, 2024
Built a scalable blog platform backend using Go (Gin framework) and MongoDB. Implemented CRUD operations, advanced search, and role-based access control (Admin / User).
Full-Stack Web Developer Intern at AfroNex Tech Hub
April 20, 2024 - September 20, 2024
Developed a responsive MERN-stack blog website (MongoDB, Express.js, React, Node.js). Features include user authentication, dynamic post creation/editing, commenting system, and a mobile-first UI. Ensured seamless cross-device experience and secure session management.
AI Engineer at iCog Labs
December 1, 2024 - Present
Contributed to the development and optimization of the Economic Attention Allocation (ECA N) system— a cognitive architecture component for intelligent resource management in AI systems while integrating symbolic AI principles for efficient computational resource management.Tested multiple core functionalities in C++ and Metta(the language of the cognitive architecture of OpenCog Hyperon of singularitynet). Contributed to NeuroGraph AI Assistant — an intelligent subgraph mining system that discovers frequent patterns in large-scale graph data (e.g., cryptocurrency transactions) using Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) and search algorithms (MCTS, Beam Search). Designed and implemented a motif interpreter powered by Gemini LLM to translate complex graph patterns into human-readable, expert-level explanations. Replaced brittle log-parsing logic with a structured JSON pipeline, enabling reliable LLM input and scalable interpretation. Integrated the interpreter with a web-based visualizer, creating an interactive chatbot interface for pattern analysis. Improved the Beam Search decoding strategy in the neural subgraph miner by fixing path reconstruction and scoring inconsistencies, enhancing pattern discovery accuracy and stability.

Education

BSc in Software Engineering at Addis Ababa University, College of Science and Technology
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2024
Africa to Silicon Valley Upskilling Program at Coding Academy backed by Google
November 20, 2023 - November 20, 2024
BSc in Software Engineering at Addis Ababa Science and Technology University
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2024
BSc in Software Engineering at Addis Ababa Science and Technology University
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2024
Certificate in Data Structures & Backend Engineering (Google-backed) at Silicon Valley programme (Google-backed)
November 20, 2023 - November 20, 2024

Qualifications

Judge & Mentor – HackIndia 2025 Chitkara University & Lloyd Institute of Engineering & Technology Jointly delegated by iCog Labs and SingularityNET to serve as judge and mentor at Chitkara University and Lloyd Institute of Engineering
May 9, 2025 - May 10, 2025
Semi Finalist – A2SV Internal Hackathon Created a platform to directly connect farmers with merchants, reducing intermediaries and inflation in agricultural goods Ranked in the top 8 out of 50+ teams
August 7, 2024 - September 7, 2024
Judge & Mentor, Hack India 2025
October 5, 2025 - May 19, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Education, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment
    AI Agentic Research Assistant⁠

    I built a production-ready self-verifying RAG system with FAISS-based PDF retrieval, confidence scoring, and dynamic clarification routing, reducinghallucinations through a verification-first agent loop.

    Developed and deployed a lightweight FastAPI , Gemini and React pipeline withcontext-aware retrieval, citation tracking, and <200ms verification overhead for reliable, explainable AI responses.