Ayazhan Zhakhan
Head Of Engineering at Afternoon.co
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAyazhan Zhakhan is a Head of Engineering based in Toronto with six years of software-focused experience and a strong entrepreneurship background as co-founder of Dropbase and Castodia. She blends machine learning expertise from a Georgia Tech MS with electrical engineering foundations from the University of Toronto and Houston, enabling a cross-disciplinary approach to product and systems design. At Afternoon.co she now leads engineering strategy and delivery, drawing on hands-on startup experience to move ML-driven ideas toward scalable production. Her time in founding roles honed skills in product-market fit, growth-stage technical leadership, and building teams that ship quickly under uncertainty. She also completed Y Combinator (W20), signaling a practical, startup-oriented mindset beyond academic credentials. Known for bridging hardware-rooted engineering rigor with modern ML productization, she brings both technical depth and entrepreneurial grit to early-stage ventures.
6 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master’s Degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of TorontoBachelor’s Degree Power Electrical Engineering Technology, Bachelor’s Degree Power Electrical Engineering Technology at University of HoustonAssociate Degree Science, Associate Degree Science at Houston Community CollegeW20, W20 at Y CombinatorMaster’s Degree Computer Science - Machine Learning, Master’s Degree Computer Science - Machine Learning at Georgia Institute of Technology
Kazakh, Russian, English
Github Skills (29)
pandas-dataframe9
validation9
language-server8
data-processing8
data-cleaning8
monaco-editor8
intellisense8
language-server-protocol8
hypothesis-testing8
test-data8
coercion8
testing8
schema8
data-validation8
schema-validation7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
DropbaseHQ/server
Nov 2023 - Jul 2024
This repository contains the server codebase for Dropbase
Contributions:19 PRs, 24 pushes, 20 branches in 7 months
DropbaseHQ/dropbase
Nov 2023 - Oct 2024
Dropbase helps developers build and prototype web apps faster with AI. Dropbase is local-first and self hosted.
Contributions:24 PRs, 67 pushes, 17 branches in 10 months
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