Position: ML Architect / Manager
Category: Lead
English level: upper
Years of experience: 9


I’m currently working as Search & ML Solutions Architect at the CTO office in fast-growing publicly listed company which provides a full range of digital transformation services, including consulting, analytics and engineering. In this role, I’m leading various projects, pre-sales, and R&D activities in the space of Search, Computer Vision, and NLP, acting as a technical lead, solution architect, and product manager. Before, I also worked as a backend / ML engineer and ML researcher, and have over 9 years of experience in total.

Among my skills, I would like to highlight the following:
- I have extensive experience designing and building microservices using Java and Python ecosystems. Thanks to CS education, I also have knowledge of algorithms and data structures, C++, threading, SIMD, compilers, etc.
- Hands-on experience in some Deep Learning areas, mostly Computer Vision and NLP. Won a gold medal on Kaggle.
- Broad experience in technical leadership at various kinds of projects: full-stack, microservices, information retrieval, machine learning, R&D.
- Experience in implementing Agile practices and building cross-functional teams: back-end, front-end, data scientists, DevOps, QEs, business analysts. Mentoring, goals setting, performance reviews.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, led and won pre-sales for large US companies. Has been working with V- and C-level management.
- Created technical marketing materials (blog posts, landing pages, case studies, slide decks) in a collaboration with graphical designers and technical writers.
For the last few years, my primary interest has lain in technical/product leadership and applied ML. Working in the Machine Learning field, I have the opportunity to work on exciting problems that we could not solve before. Leadership roles allow me to participate in the broader aspects of the project, unlock people's potential, and learn from them. At the same time, I have a passion for product management.