Ilya Bykov
Senior Software Engineer at Smartly
Espoo, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolIlya Bykov is a Senior Software Engineer with 10 years of full-stack experience building scalable web and desktop applications, currently driving AI-powered conversational ad formats and personalization at Smartly in Espoo. He is fluent across Node.js, Python, React, Electron, MySQL/MongoDB and cloud-native tooling (Docker, CI/CD, AWS), and has deep practical expertise in ML libraries (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn) and large-scale data processing with NumPy/Pandas. Ilya has applied audio-matching (echoprint) and recommendation systems (AWS Personalize) in production music and ad-tech products, and has implemented BERT-based NLP and FAISS vector search for search and recommendation tasks. His Electron knowledge extends beyond UI to signing, notarization and auto-update pipelines, reflecting a focus on shipping robust end-user software. Notably, he bridges research and product needs—building ML servers for anomaly detection, auto-generating backend unit tests, and integrating conversational insights into marketing workflows. Outside work he keeps active with running, swimming and skiing, which he says helps sustain long development sprints.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Programming/Programmer General, Master's degree Computer Programming/Programmer General at ITMO UniversityBachelor's degree Computer Programming/Programmer General, Bachelor's degree Computer Programming/Programmer General at Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
Russian, English
Github Skills (24)
realm8
nosql-database6
mongodb-atlas6
mongodb-realm6
mongodb5
backend5
atlas5
reactive5
ios4
testing4
mobile-first4
database4
sqlite3
realtime-database3
spec3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
By-Ilya/theme-toggler
Jul 2022 - Jan 2023
Theme Switch's plugin for all JetBrains based IDEs enables you to switch themes fast.
Contributions:6 commits, 6 PRs, 18 pushes in 6 months
By-Ilya/realm-test-app
Aug 2020 - Mar 2022
Realm test app with MongoDB Atlas and MongoDB Realm backend services.
Contributions:19 PRs, 59 pushes, 9 branches in 1 year 6 months
backend-servicesmongodb-realmtestingatlasbackend
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