Sakib Supple
Senior Solutions Architect @The Guardian
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Solutions Architect @The Guardian
London, GB
AI/ML: OCR for archival content with Gemini Flash/Pro• AI/ML: Microservice to deliver caption/keywords for images with Gemini/Cloud Run• AI/ML: Microservice to deliver vector embeddings with Gemini/Cloud Run• AI/ML: semantic search with Elasticsearch serverless• AI/Machine Learning: private search application with local hosting LLM without sending that data to third parties. Use case: to search large datasets of commercially sensitive or investigative data. Created with Python, LLAMA-2, Mistral, Huggingface• GCP: Cloud run, Cloud function, BigQuery, PubSub, IAM, Secret Manager• AWS: EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, Elastic cloud serverless, Opensearch, SQS, Cloudfront, Mountpoint for S3• Key projects: content management, responsive design and syndication using micro services, machine learning/AI (NLP) and automated, API/template based article publishing• Full stack design/development of multiuser, cross platform systems across diverse areas of the business in a digital-first environment• All phases of projects from inception, to rollout and ongoing development• Technical design of all project areas: workflow design, infrastructure, backend, frontend/applications, integration and user interface design• Business analysis, requirements gathering and use case generation• Elasticsearch/Kibana. Elastic Cloud Serverless for text, semantic (vector) and hybrid search• Core technologies and languages: Python, Java/JNI, Swift (x86/ARM), Javascript, NextJS, React, Electron, Express, NodeJS, AngularJS, C/C++, Ansible, SASS, HTML/CSS, Handlebars, NGINX, Oracle, MongoDb, GCP, Docker, ImageMagick, Pixometry• Design Authority for the core content management system that integrates Oracle with Adobe InDesign, InCopy and Photoshop• Adobe: add workflow to Creative Suite using CEP and UXP (extension development for Photoshop, InDesign, Premier etc.), User Management API (UMAPI), eSign API, Creative Cloud, InDesign/InCopy, Photoshop, Illustrator
EDUCATION
Open University London
Master's Degree, Software development
UCL
BSc, Physics
Leamington College for Boys
9 'O' Levels
SKILLS
ABOUT SAKIB SUPPLE
Sak Supple: Experienced Senior Solutions Architect and Full Stack Developer, currently contributing to The Guardian and theguardian.com. Passionate about AI, machine learning, and designing scalable, user-focused solutions.Creator of blplaybills.org — a research platform developed in support of the British Library’s open data initiative. The site combines AI/LLMs, Elasticsearch, NextJS and Google Cloud Platform to create a searchable digital collection of historic theatrical playbills. Semantic and text search is supported.AI/ML contributor to the open-source project open-webui — a web interface for local and external LLM APIs (e.g, Ollama, OpenAI). Implemented bug fixes and enhancements to improve OpenAI API integration and reliability.Serve as the Technical Design Authority on projects critical to the business — providing architectural leadership, setting technical direction, and ensuring alignment with strategic goals. Experienced in guiding cross-functional teams and coordinating with in-house developers and third-party vendors to deliver robust, maintainable systems at scale.Comfortable operating in complex, fast-paced environments, with a strong focus on architectural governance, innovation, and delivery excellence. Dedicated to building supportable, user-centered, and strategically aligned solutions that drive business transformation.Frameworks and methodologies: TOGAF, Zachman Framework.
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