Ali Akiltayev

Founding Engineer

Benefy

Corporate benefits and employee wellness platform

Built Benefy's core services and full-stack modules from scratch, then moved from part-time to full-time to scale engineering and product capabilities.

• Architected and implemented core platform services from the ground up, establishing modern engineering standards, testing frameworks, and deployment pipelines. • Served as Part-Time Founding Engineer (Nov 2025 – June 2026), transitioning to Full-Time (June 2026 – Present) to scale engineering operations and product capabilities. • Designed full-stack application modules enabling seamless benefit management and user engagement across mobile and web interfaces.

Software Engineer (Backend Java)

Tamara

Saudi Arabia’s first unicorn fintech providing BNPL services

Improved observability and database performance for financial services, with reported gains of 20% in reliability and a 5% reduction in fraud false positives.

• Integrated and maintained observability tools including structured logging, distributed traces, metrics, and automated alerts. • Developed real-time monitoring dashboards for key financial services, increasing overall system reliability by 20%. • Built fraud prevention features integrating external detection services, reducing fraud false positives by 5%. • Optimized database query performance by tuning execution plans, implementing retention pipelines, and configuring table partitioning.

Senior Backend Developer (Java)

Jusan Bank

High-throughput payment and transfer processing system in KZT for business clients

Improved payment throughput by 10%, sped up feature development by 30%, and led a data migration to Kafka.

• Optimized payment processing execution pipeline to increase overall system transaction throughput by 10%. • Refactored legacy codebase and redesigned module architecture, accelerating feature development velocity by 30%. • Developed event-driven message handlers and led data migration to Apache Kafka.

Senior Backend Developer (Java)

Tele2

Internal HRM system for employees and external contractors

Built the backend architecture and access controls for an employee platform serving thousands, and improved critical API performance by 20–30%.

• Designed and built microservices backend architecture from scratch for an SPA platform supporting thousands of active users. • Implemented centralized authentication and authorization mechanisms using OAuth 2.0, Keycloak, and Azure AD. • Executed automated performance testing via Apache JMeter and optimized critical API endpoints by 20–30%.

Software Engineer (Java)

DataArt

AI Compliance platform featuring hundreds of communication data integrations

Improved voice call processing performance by 30% and reduced duplicate call records by 20% with an audio merging algorithm.

• Resolved critical system defects and implemented features in voice phone call processing, boosting performance by 30%. • Engineered audio merging algorithm using TDD methodology, reducing duplicate phone call records by 20%.

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Nazarbayev University