Summary
Andronik Mkrtychev is a senior Artificial Intelligence Research Engineer with nine years of experience building applied ML solutions, currently advancing AI projects at Lockheed Martin. He blends interdisciplinary academic roots in philosophy of mind and biochemistry (NYU) with formal training in computer science and data science, giving him a rare combination of theoretical rigor and production-oriented engineering. His work spans NLP, object detection, and data visualization, and he has hands-on experience deploying models and APIs (FastAPI, GCP) from prior roles. Andronik’s background in cognitive science informs a thoughtful approach to model interpretability and human-centered AI, while his practical internships delivered end-to-end systems like BiLSTM/GRU sentiment classifiers with FastText embeddings. Outside work he pursues research-adjacent interests—philosophy of mind, fitness, and film—which often surface in reflective technical writing and a preference for elegant, well-explained solutions.
9 years of coding experience
Fellowship in Data Science and Machine Learning, Fellowship in Data Science and Machine Learning at BloomTech
Bachelor of Arts - BA Concentration in Philosophy of Mind and Biochemistry, Bachelor of Arts - BA Concentration in Philosophy of Mind and Biochemistry at New York University
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Oregon State University
English, Russian