Nikita Yastreb
Lead Engineer at XnGen AI
Bar, Montenegro
Summary
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Top SchoolNikita Yastreb is a Lead Engineer with 7 years of experience building AI-powered backend systems, specializing in LLMs, RAG, and scalable architectures. Currently at XnGen AI, he leads cross-functional teams to deliver production-grade intelligent systems and oversees project planning, task management, and robust architecture design. He has hands-on expertise integrating vector databases (Pinecone), graph stores (Neo4j), and orchestration tools (Celery, FastAPI, Django REST) to turn data into reliable retrieval-augmented workflows. Previously he built secure, high-load server-side applications and backend-to-AI integrations that improved system resilience and client integrations. CCNA-certified and fluent in Python, SQL, and network fundamentals, he combines low-level networking knowledge with modern ML tooling and prompt engineering. Colleagues value him for translating complex AI research into practical, deployable solutions that meet real-world operational constraints.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering at Cherkasy State Technological University
ukrainan, English, Russian
Github Skills (4)
large-language-models10
react-flow10
chatgpt10
generative-ai10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
zee229/bhbyzee
Mar 2019 - Sep 2022
Contributions:56 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 7 months
zee229/zee229
Sep 2023 - Sep 2024
Contributions:38 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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