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Zhassulan Yessenov

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ML Engineer

Data Scientist / ML Engineer with 3+ years of experience, currently at a telecom operator working on subscriber-scale models in production.

About

I work end to end — from the business question to a deployed, monitored model in Python. Looking for a remote full-time role where models actually ship.

Career

Experience: 3 years

Experience

Senior Data Analyst / ML Engineer

Kcell

Kazakhstan-based mobile telecommunications operator.

Feb 2025 — Present

Built and productionised subscriber decision and forecasting models for ~3M users, including 86% DPI traffic classification and forecasts accurate to within 1%.

• Designed a two-stage decision system over ~3M subscribers: stage one predicts whether a recurring charge will be paid, stage two predicts the day within a 30-day billing cycle — a delayed-feedback problem where the signal only resolves weeks after scoring. • Converted model output into operational decisions: tuned classification thresholds against business cost and built a quota-based allocation function distributing predicted payment days under capacity constraints.

Middle RPA / ML Developer

Python RPA

Jan 2024 — Feb 2025

Designed and deployed client process automation, integrated custom ML models into workflows, and assessed opportunities for automation.

• Designed and deployed RPA solutions automating client business processes. • Integrated custom ML models into client workflows on request. • Analysed client data and business problems to scope automation opportunities.

Junior Backend / ML Developer

Vector KZ

May 2023 — Jan 2024

Developed FastAPI backend services and REST APIs, collected survey data, and proposed workflow changes to improve team throughput.

• Developed backend services and REST APIs with FastAPI. • Collected and structured data through customer surveys. • Analysed incoming tasks and proposed changes that improved team throughput.

Education

BSc, Information Systems

Suleyman Demirel University

2019 — 2023

Selected projects

Feedback AI

Team project piloting a product scoring business reputation and aggregating customer reviews across platforms.

Skills

PythonSQLPySparkApache SparkPolarsLightGBMCatBoostXGBoostScikit-learnPyTorchOptunaSurvival / discrete-time hazard framingUnsupervised learningOut-of-time validationLeakage auditingTarget-encoding diagnosticsThreshold optimisationEffect-size testingApache AirflowMLflow