Alexey Zaytsev

Full-time learner. [Linux, Biology, Electronics] ➡️ AI.

//Releavant Skills

AI/ML

Python, PyTorch, JAX, CUDA, Transformers, Diffusion Models, Computer Vision, LLM Agents, vLLM, Hugging Face, LangChain, RAG, Fine-tuning, LoRA, Stable Diffusion, CLIP, Embeddings, Vector Databases, Weights & Biases, FastAI

Full-Stack

SvelteKit, TypeScript, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Tailwind CSS, SQLAlchemy, drizzle-orm, OAuth, Pydantic

DevOps

Docker, Linux, AWS, GitHub Actions, Supabase, Vercel, CloudFlare, S3

//Education

Université Denis Diderot

2013 – 2015

M.Sc. Systems and Synthetic Biology

LETI University

2003 – 2009

Specialist, Computer Security

//Languages

English Professional

Russian Native

Ukrainian Elementary

//Experience

AI/ML Engineer (Contract)

July 2024 – Present

Various Clients

Agentic LLM systems, diffusion models, speech-to-text pipelines. Full-stack AI application development.

Machine Learning Engineer

Nov 2023 – July 2024

io.net

Generative AI and MLOps.

AI/ML Engineer (Contract)

Nov 2022 – Nov 2023

Various Clients

Contract work in machine learning and software development.

Career Transition / Independent Study

May 2020 – Nov 2022

Self-directed

Deep learning and AI study. Open-source contributions. Side projects in ML/AI.

Electronic Engineer

Dec 2018 – May 2020

Okra Solar — Canberra / Phnom Penh / Shenzhen

Smart solar grid tech: fully connected grid hub (Solar → Battery → regulated DC loads and high voltage sharing). Electronics, schematics, PCB design. DC-DC converters and analog monitoring circuits.

Electronics and Prototyping Engineer

Sept 2016 – Dec 2018

Self-employed — Shenzhen, China

Digital, analog, and power electronics. Rapid prototyping and small-scale production manufacturing.

CTO & Co-founder

Sept 2015 – Sept 2016

Koi.science — Paris / Shenzhen

EdTech startup providing affordable laboratory equipment and teaching materials for molecular biology education in schools. Developed open-source spectrophotometer hardware, electronics, mechanical enclosures, and embedded software.

Research Intern

May 2015 – Sept 2015

Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires (CRI Paris)

Development of a low-cost, open-source spectrophotometer.

Research Intern

May 2014 – Jan 2015

Institut Pasteur — Paris

S. aureus, phages, CRISPR systems. Data analysis in BioPython.

Research Intern

Jan 2014 – April 2014

Institut Curie — Paris

Microfluidics, micropatterning, exposing mammalian cells to electric fields.

Sr. Software Engineer

June 2011 – July 2012

Nexenta Systems

Device drivers, kernel work for illumos (OpenSolaris fork).

Engineer-Programmer

Jan 2005 – Jan 2010

AltEll / Protei ltd

Linux kernel programming and maintenance on MIPS64, ARM and x86.