Summary
Rinat Tainov is a Staff AI Engineer based in Haarlem with 11 years of hands-on experience building data analytics and machine learning products, primarily on the Java/Scala stack. He has progressed through technical and managerial roles at eBay—ranging from backend engineer to senior data engineering manager and now staff AI engineer—demonstrating both deep engineering craft and people/architectural leadership. His background includes building data platforms, advertising systems, and search-related microservices using Scala, Akka, Kafka, Elasticsearch and JVM ecosystems, with early experience in enterprise integrations and EV charging data. Known for bridging hands-on coding and system design, he brings a practical focus on high test coverage and scalable data pipelines. An understated strength is his track record of moving between individual contributor and leadership roles while delivering production ML and analytics systems at scale.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
KTL
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Suleyman Demirel University
English, Russian, Turkish, Kazakh