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Aknur Salemkan

@aknur111

ML & Backend Engineer

ML & Backend Developer with experience in Computer Vision and LLM-based systems. Skilled in Python, Java, and Golang. Built REST APIs, microservices, and AI solutions using YOLO, LangGraph, and FastAPI.

Career

Experience: 3 years

Experience

ML Developer

VitalAi Ltd

Nov 2025 — Present

Develops an AI wellness application, personalization pipelines, and backend APIs; no measured outcomes stated.

• Developing an AI-powered personalized wellness application for women. • Building AI/ML personalization pipelines, including assessment, recommendation, and planning systems. • Developing backend APIs and integrating AI services using Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and Docker.

Software Engineer

YBR Holding

Mar 2026 — Sep 2026

Built backend, frontend, APIs, integrations, and AI/ML features for a digital product for BI Group.

• Developed a digital product for BI Group from the ground up. • Built backend, frontend, and AI/ML features. • Designed APIs, system integrations, and AI-powered functionality.

Java Backend Intern

Cushpen Group

Jan 2026 — Mar 2026

Contributed to a hospital system's monolith-to-microservices migration and developed Java services with unit tests.

• Contributed to migration from monolith to microservices for hospital system. • Developed Java microservices and wrote unit tests.

Python and ML Backend Intern

QazCloud LLP

May 2025 — Oct 2025

Built a FastAPI backend, integrated ML inference, designed database models, and implemented authentication and background processing.

• Built REST API using FastAPI and PostgreSQL. • Integrated ML models into backend services for inference. • Designed database models with SQLAlchemy and Alembic. • Implemented authentication and background processing.

Python Intern

EPAM Systems

Global IT services and software engineering company.

Mar 2025 — Jul 2026

Worked on Python backend tasks and internal tools; no specific deliverables or outcomes stated.

• Worked on Python backend tasks and internal tools.

Education

Bachelor's Degree, Software Engineering

Astana IT University

2024 — 2027

Course Certificate, Golang Programming

Knew IT

2024 — 2025

High School Diploma, General Education

Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools

2018 — 2024

Selected projects

Car Cleanliness Detection (YOLO-based system)

Fine-tuned YOLO for vehicle detection. Built a clean/dirty classification pipeline and evaluated using mAP.

E-commerce AI Assistant (LangGraph + OpenAI)

Built an LLM agent with LangGraph and OpenAI API. Implemented a multi-tool workflow for product search and availability.

Stock Market Prediction Model (in progress)

Built an ML model for stock market signal analysis and buy/hold prediction. Performed feature engineering and backtesting.

Skills

FastAPIPydanticREST APISQLAlchemyPandasYOLOLangGraphOpenAI APIScikit-learnPostgreSQLMongoDBAlembicGinGORMRESTClean ArchitectureSpring BootREST APIsMicroservicesMaven / Gradle