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Summary#
Backend/Platform Engineer specializing in Go, Kubernetes, and AWS. Experienced in building distributed systems and developer infrastructure adopted across multiple teams. Proven impact in open-source cloud tooling (CNCF/KubeVirt) and AI-driven therapy robotics (APRIL, serving 2,000+ children).
Education#
New York University — M.S. in Computer Engineering
New York, NY — May 2027
Coursework: Algorithms, Internet Architecture, Machine Learning, Real-Time Systems, Distributed Systems, Cloud Computing
Nazarbayev University — B.S. in Computer Science
Astana, Kazakhstan — Jun 2025 · GPA: 3.1/4.0
Relevant Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, Operating Systems, Software Engineering
Experience#
Google Summer of Code 2025 — KubeVirt (CNCF) — Open Source Contributor
Jun 2025 – Aug 2025 · Remote
- Improved Kubernetes virtualization reliability across 20+ integration tests by developing a Go Custom Resource Definition (v1beta1) and reconciliation logic; merged 6 PRs and resolved 6 issues
- Increased build throughput by 25% via new Bazel targets and optimized CI pipelines, reducing feedback cycles for maintainers
- Partnered with 90+ CNCF contributors to deliver features used by cloud providers supporting 6K+ GitHub stars
ITS Partners, LLC — Software Engineer Intern
Aug 2024 – Mar 2025 · Remote
- Collaborated with the Backend Cloud Security team at Signify (Philips) Smart Home Systems, supporting IoT automation for distributed AWS environments with a global 10-engineer team
- Reduced manual cloud operations by 94% by engineering a concurrent Go service for AWS S3 log transfers across 4,000+ IoT objects
- Saved 200+ engineering hours by developing a cloud-based script automation platform (similar to AWS Batch) adopted across multiple backend teams
Projects#
APRIL Project — Multi-robot Autism Therapy Platform — Software Engineer / Co-Lead
Sep 2024 – Present · hrilab.kz/home
- Scaled robot-assisted therapy to 2,000+ children across 7 centers by co-leading backend architecture and deployment of APRIL’s microservice ecosystem
- Managed 30+ engineers and designers across 5 teams, coordinating sprints, releases, and architecture decisions
Authentication Service — Go, Gin, MongoDB
Oct 2024
- Reduced token exposure by using HTTP-only, Secure cookies and rotating refresh tokens server-side
- Verified refresh via bcrypt-hashed records keyed to user ID
Binance Price Tracker — Go, Worker Pool
Sep 2024
- Cut polling latency using bounded worker pool (NumCPU)
- Enabled faster buy/sell signal decisions under volatile feeds and exchange rate limits
Technical Skills#
Languages: Go, Python, C++, SQL
Cloud & Systems: Kubernetes, AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, IAM), Docker, Terraform, Linux, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI), Datadog, OpenTelemetry
Databases & Tools: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, Bazel
Languages#
Native: Russian, Kazakh
Fluent: English