Oleg Novitskiy
Senior Data Scientist
Nicosia, Cyprus
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Top SchoolOleg Novitskiy is a Senior Data Scientist with a decade of experience building and leading ML teams across finance, retail and mobility, currently at Wheely after senior roles at VkusVill and Sberbank. He combines hands-on modeling (XGBoost, CatBoost, LightGBM, PyTorch, RL TQC) with production-focused engineering (PySpark, Docker, AWS/Azure), delivering measurable business impact—multi-million dollar revenue uplifts and a 20% accuracy/profitability boost at Sberbank. As a team builder he scaled and hired high-performing squads, ran 80+ technical interviews across roles, and cut model training/data pipelines from hours to minutes to accelerate delivery. He also mentors students in math, physics and programming, having prepared 40+ competitors and learners, and holds a strong academic background from Moscow State University and a Master's in Computer Science from HSE. Notably, he blends classical physics problem-solving with modern AutoML and optimization toolchains to translate complex models into fast, revenue-driving products.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Physics, 4.3/5, Bachelor's degree, Physics, 4.3/5 at Moscow State UniversityMaster's degree, Computer Science, 9/10, Master's degree, Computer Science, 9/10 at Higher School of Economics
English, Russian
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Github Skills (11)
extjs8
backend6
mongodb5
nodejs5
javascript4
css3
mysql3
react3
knockoutjs2
mhealth2
frontend2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
olegnovitskiy/DesignPatterns
Jun 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:21 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
olegnovitskiy/mongodb
Mar 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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