Summary
Olzhas Adiyatov is a versatile software developer and roboticist with 12 years of experience building high-performance C++ and Linux-based systems for both research and industry. He blends deep real-time and embedded expertise—firmware for satellite OBCs and QNX IPC backbones—with production work involving CUDA and TypeScript at Christie Digital. A published researcher in motion planning and MPC, he has a track record of turning academic ideas into reliable experimental and production software, including a widely viewed educational video series on sampling-based planning. He mentors and elevates teams through code reviews, Agile adoption, and interview process improvements, having served as Scrum Master and lead trainer for junior engineers. Comfortable across low-level drivers, robotics middleware (ROS), and development infrastructure, he excels at making complex systems repeatable and maintainable. Based in Astana with an MSc in Robotics, he brings a rare mix of hands-on embedded systems skill and applied research impact.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Master of Science - MS, Robotics, Master of Science - MS, Robotics at Nazarbayev University
Master's degree, Master's degree at University of Waterloo
Russian, English