Ivan Potapov
Research Engineer at algo1
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolIvan Potapov is a Research Engineer based in London with nine years of experience building and deploying machine learning systems across search, ads ranking, fintech, and social platforms. He has progressed from tackling search quality at Yandex to senior ML roles at Revolut and ShareChat, and most recently contributed to product-focused research engineering at Perplexity before joining algo1. Trained at MIPT in applied mathematics and physics, he blends rigorous quantitative foundations with product-minded engineering to move models from experimentation into production. Ivan's background spans both research and product management responsibilities, which helps him balance innovation with measurable business impact—evident in work on ads ranking and fincrime detection. Colleagues describe him as equally comfortable prototyping new algorithms and operationalizing them at scale, often uncovering simple, effective solutions from complex data.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Applied Mathematics and Physics, Master's degree Applied Mathematics and Physics at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)
Русский, Английский
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Github contributions (5)
gervold/eng
Nov 2022 - Feb 2023
Contributions:44 commits, 43 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
gervold/data-analysis
Dec 2016 - Dec 2021
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
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