Summary
Artem Ryzhikov is a Senior ML Engineer with 11 years of experience designing and deploying production-grade machine learning systems, currently based in Serbia and working at Havona. He blends academic rigor—PhD-level training in machine learning and roles as a research fellow and lecturer at the Higher School of Economics—with hands-on industry delivery from startups to Snap Inc. His background in physics and strong Scala/data-engineering experience helps him bridge research, model development, and scalable engineering pipelines. Artem’s career shows a pattern of shipping ML in real-world products while mentoring students and colleagues, indicating he values both reproducible research and practical impact. Notably, he has moved between academic and industry environments for a decade, which gives him a rare fluency in turning complex ML ideas into reliable production systems.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Школа анализа данных
Bachelor's degree, Physics, 4.5, Bachelor's degree, Physics, 4.5 at Новосибирский Государственный Университет (НГУ)
Physics and Math, 4.6, Physics and Math, 4.6 at NSU's Special Education-Scientific School (Novosibirsk Physics-Mathematic School)
Master's degree, Data Science, Master's degree, Data Science at Высшая Школа Экономики
Русский, Английский