Maxim Salikhov
Senior Software Engineer I, AI Innovation Lab
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolMaxim Salikhov is a Senior Software Engineer in HubSpot’s AI Innovation Lab with a decade of hands-on experience building scalable ML and search infrastructure. He transitioned from multiple engineering internships into full-time roles focused on conversation intelligence and AI-driven relevancy, where he improved search backends, refactored indexing pipelines, and optimized production SLAs. As head TA for Georgia Tech’s large introductory programming course he automated grading workflows and redesigned assessments for remote delivery, demonstrating a pragmatic focus on improving user (and student) experience. Equally comfortable in backend systems, data pipelines, and course operations, he blends strong engineering rigor with a customer-first mindset that seeks measurable impact. Notably, he paired modeling and engineering efforts to consolidate binary models into maintainable multiclass solutions, improving long-term extensibility.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Highest Honors, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Highest Honors at Georgia Institute of TechnologyExchange Student, Computer Science, Exchange Student, Computer Science at National University of Singapore
Russian, Spanish, English
Github Skills (12)
boundaries10
slug7
margin7
twine5
poster5
herokuapp4
backend3
garden2
adaptation2
ids1
cdr1
cml1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
salikhov/salikhov.github.io
Feb 2016 - Jan 2023
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years
vzoa/vatsys-atop-plugin
Mar 2024 - Oct 2024
Contributions:2 releases, 14 PRs, 16 pushes in 6 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.