Mikhail Kovalev
Senior AI Software Engineer at Alfa-Bank (Belarus)
Minsk, Belarus
Summary
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Top SchoolMikhail Kovalev is a Lead AI Software Engineer based in Minsk with 11 years of experience building AI-driven platforms and scalable software across banking, research, and product engineering. He blends hands-on implementation—ranging from front-end contributions to the popular react-native-ui-kitten UI library—to leading cross-functional teams and shipping production ML features at Alfa-Bank and Intelligent Semantic Systems. Academically grounded with a researcher’s and master’s background in theoretical computer science from BSUIR, he also teaches as a senior lecturer, keeping a foot in both research and industry. Known for turning complex requirements into pragmatic, well-architected solutions, he brings strong risk assessment and Scrum discipline to long-term projects. An engineer who moves comfortably between UI refinements and AI platform concerns, he’s passionate about innovation and mentorship.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Researcher's degree, Theoretical foundations of computer science, Researcher's degree, Theoretical foundations of computer science at Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics
Русский, English
Github Skills (7)
uikit10
javascript10
react-native10
react10
ui-components10
ux-design8
ui-design8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
akveo/react-native-ui-kitten
Aug 2017 - Apr 2019
:boom: React Native UI Library based on Eva Design System :new_moon_with_face::sparkles:Dark Mode
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 5 PRs, 48 pushes in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Mikhail primarily contributed to the development of UI components within the React Native UI kitten library. Their work involved creating and refactoring components like RkPicker, implementing functionalities such as multiselection, and highlighting options. The user also focused on updating and maintaining the component's styling and appearance by modifying existing code and adding new features. The commits show a clear focus on enhancing the library's capabilities and user experience.
reactreact-native-uireact-nativeeva-designui-library
ostis-dev/ostis-web-platform
Oct 2020 - Dec 2021
Set of scripts and configs for installing a web-oriented version of the OSTIS Technology platform implementation
Contributions:22 reviews, 10 PRs, 11 pushes in 1 year 2 months
installingconfigsostisconfigdotfiles
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