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Maya Okonkwo

Maya Okonkwo

AI Orchestration Engineer · Multi-agent systems, RAG, evaluation

AI Orchestration EngineerVerified
Match Score96%

Shipped two production agent systems handling 4M+ queries/week. Evidence portfolio includes a multi-agent research assistant with full eval harness.

12Artifacts
92Defense Score (avg)
11Microcredentials
3Competencies Mastered

Process Trace Summary

  1. Repository initializedJul 12

    Created project scaffold with README and license.

  2. First commit pushedJul 14

    Initial proof-of-concept with placeholder data.

  3. Evaluation harness addedAug 16

    Wired up 50-question regression suite with LLM-as-judge.

  4. Peer review feedbackAug 18

    Two reviewers flagged edge cases in retrieval fallback path.

  5. Iteration — fallback hardenedSep 20

    Added retry + validation; eval score improved 12 points.

  6. Final submissionSep 22

    Artifact submitted for oral defense scheduling.

Oral Defense Transcripts

Recorded Q&A from each verified oral defense session. Expand a session to read the transcript.

Q1

Walk us through the architecture of your artifact. Why did you choose this approach?

A

I chose a plan-and-execute topology because the task required multi-step retrieval with reflection. The plan node decomposes the query, sub-agents retrieve and draft in parallel, and a reflection node scores and routes for a second pass when below threshold.

Q2

What evaluation did you run, and what were the headline numbers?

A

I ran a 50-query regression suite scored by LLM-as-judge calibrated against a human panel (0.86 agreement). Baseline scored 71%; the reflection pass lifted it to 88% with a 14% latency cost, which stayed within budget.

Q3

Describe a failure mode you found and how you mitigated it.

A

Retrieval fallback returned stale context on schema changes. I added a freshness check + retry with a smaller context window, which reduced stale-grounded answers from 9% to under 2%.

Competency Progress

Agent Architecture Patterns Mastered
Multi-Agent Communication Mastered
Tool Use & Function Calling Mastered
Prompt Engineering Fundamentals In Progress
RAG Pipeline Design In Progress
Vector Databases & Embeddings In Progress
LLM Evaluation & MetricsAvailable
Guardrails & Output ValidationAvailable

Microcredential Verification

Tool Use & Function CallingIssued Jun 9, 2026
90Verified
Prompt Engineering FundamentalsIssued Jul 9, 2026
91Verified
RAG Pipeline DesignIssued Aug 9, 2026
92Verified
Agent Architecture PatternsIssued Sep 9, 2026
93Verified
Multi-Agent CommunicationIssued Oct 9, 2026
94Verified