Experience

Metaculus

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Machine Learning Engineer

  • Jan 2023 - Present



Almaty Management University (AlmaU)

• Kazakhstan
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Sep 2022 - Present

• • Mar 2018 - Sep 2022



Toptal

• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Freelance Data Scientist through Toptal

  • Aug 2021 - Dec 2022

  • Developing scoring and other user analytics models for a bank. • Developing E-mail assessment system. My commitment to the project involved building several text assessment algorithms, formation of text simplification dictionaries based on open free data and developing front-end for the system using Nuxt.js. • Developing scoring and other user analytics models for a bank. • Developing E-mail assessment system. My commitment to the project involved building several text assessment algorithms, formation of text simplification dictionaries based on open free data and developing front-end for the system using Nuxt.js.



upMetric

• Kazakhstan
• Software Development

• CEO

  • Oct 2020 - Dec 2022

  Management and development of the following products: • National Bank of Kazakhstan (via Lina Group): Information System "Semantic Analysis Tools to Support Decision Making in DCCP". Analysis of the relationship between public opinion (in the media and social networks) and objective indicators such as: satisfaction with wages/price/exchange rates and inflation and devaluation • Morre.io: Masked face recognition urban project • Flycam: Industrial project for recognizing potentially hazardous incidents and monitoring safety- • NAC Kazatomprom JSC: Started integrating machine learning methods for geological research data interpretation for the largest uranium producer in the world, NAC Kazatomprom JSC. • Assembled a remote team of experienced specialists capable of solving various tasks, from consulting to system development, integration, and technical support. Show less



Frontier KZ

• Kazakhstan
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Data Science Team Lead

  • Nov 2019 - Dec 2022

  • Built a churn prediction model for the largest telecommunication company in Kazakhstan, which improved their current process tenfold. • Provided data science-related consulting to major financial institutions, telecommunication companies, and FMCG retailers in Kazakhstan. • Led a team of data scientists to explore and utilize fiscalization data from the largest fiscalization provider of Kazakhstan. The work includes predictive analysis, text classification, market segmentation, and other ad-hoc research and solutions. • Built a lookalike model, which integrates data from JSC Magnum, the biggest FMCG retailer in Kazakhstan, and telecommunication companies, in order to predict subscribers' potential interest in one of a few dozen product segments. • Performed analysis of mobile geodata for the city hall, in order to find valuable insights on COVID-19 situation in the city of Almaty. Show less



Institute of Information and Computational Technologies

• • Jun 2019 - Dec 2022

  • Built a distributed information system for scraping and analyzing mass-media sources. I built it from scratch, starting from containerization, storage system, and ETL to scrapers, text preprocessing, analysis, and visualization.• Published one Q1, two Q2, and two Q3 Scopus-indexed articles and other indexed publications, in many of which I am either the first or corresponding author.• Developed a novel text classification approach based on topic modeling, which in many tasks requires little to no manual labeling. I validated this approach and proposed several high-level labeling methods on several problems.• Collected a corpus of over 7 million publications and over 2 terabytes of experimental data. The system was officially integrated in the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan.• Led a team of 1 to 4 data scientists and engineers as well as conducted scientific seminars and technical workshops. Show less

• • Jun 2018 - Jun 2019



DSAcademy

• Kazakhstan

• Data Science Trainer

  • Mar 2019 - Jun 2022



Sagrad

• Kazakhstan

• Back-end Developer

  • Oct 2017 - Feb 2022

  • Developed a time-tracking information system for Shymbulak Ski and Snowboard School, which improved trainers' time utilization by 30%. • Developed and supported payment kiosk software for JSC KMF, which provides loans for small businesses and individuals. The kiosk network contains over 150 kiosks all over Kazakhstan that serve over 200 thousand clients. • Participated in all stages of project development, from sales to project requirements, design, development, integration, and support. I've also hired and managed other developers and designers on several projects Show less



Epigraph Publishing Service

• Kazakhstan

• Software Development Team Lead

  • Nov 2015 - Jun 2019

  • Built two commercial informational systems used by over 20 thousand students from over 30 Kazakhstani universities. • Led a team of two to three HTML layout coders and JavaScript developers who were creating electronic educational content. • Led a team of one to three developers, including a React developer, a mobile developer (React Native) and a back-end developer. • Managed a codebase of over 20 thousand lines of code with up to 10 different external integrations, including SMS services, cloud file and video storage, monitoring services, etc. • Took full ownership of the project along with all strategic and architectural decisions regarding the project. • Introduced new features and improvements regularly, which increased customer satisfaction and user activity by 10 to 30% yearly. Show less



Kazakh-British Technical University

• Kazakhstan
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Lecturer

  • Aug 2016 - Jan 2018

  • Hired by a top Kazakhstani technical university to teach graduate-level students. • Created educational programs for undergraduate and graduate students, including artificial intelligence, algorithms and data structures, and applied probability theory. • Participated in educational and scientific work with professors from the University of Southampton. • Hired by a top Kazakhstani technical university to teach graduate-level students. • Created educational programs for undergraduate and graduate students, including artificial intelligence, algorithms and data structures, and applied probability theory. • Participated in educational and scientific work with professors from the University of Southampton.



IT STEP Computer Academy (@itstep.bg)

• Bulgaria
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Professional Trainer

  • Oct 2016 - Nov 2017



Institute of Information and Computational Technologies

• Kazakhstan

• Programming Engineer

  • Mar 2012 - Aug 2016

  • Hired by the Institute of National Academy of Sciences as a second-year undergraduate student. • Performed computational experiments on the intepretation of geological research. The data was provided by the world's largest uranium producer and seller, JSC KazAtomProm. The experiments were performed in C++ and Python. • Built a C++ library for similarity-based classification of geological research data. • Contributed to the writing of several scientific articles, including works in Springer and IEEE-indexed publications. • Built machine learning models, which exceeded the interpretation quality of human experts by 5 to 10% while reducing interpretation time by orders of magnitude. Show less



International Information Technologies University

• Kazakhstan
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Tutor/Junior Researcher

  • Sep 2014 - Jul 2016

  • Hired by my university as a first-year undergraduate student. • Performed geological research data preprocessing using C++, including building a wavelet-based analysis and smoothing module from scratch. • Worked under the supervision of leading a geophysicist from JSC KazAtomProm subsidiary (JSC Volkovgeologiya, formerly GeoTechnoService). • Hired by my university as a first-year undergraduate student. • Performed geological research data preprocessing using C++, including building a wavelet-based analysis and smoothing module from scratch. • Worked under the supervision of leading a geophysicist from JSC KazAtomProm subsidiary (JSC Volkovgeologiya, formerly GeoTechnoService).



KnewIT

• Almaty

• Professional Trainer

  • Oct 2012 - Jan 2015