Summary
Sergey Kuptsov is a seasoned engineering leader and founder with over a decade of experience delivering B2B and B2C products, currently leading development teams at Yandex where he drives the “brain” scenarios for smart devices, external skills platform work, and Alice for Business. He has a strong backend and architecture pedigree from roles building high-load enterprise portals, HR systems, and social startup backends, and he led the commercial launch of Yandex’s internal project-tracking product as a B2B offering. As an entrepreneur he founded Practica.ai (online ML courses) and TechInterviewPractice (technical interview simulations), blending product instincts with developer training and hiring workflow expertise. Sergey combines hands-on technical depth from early research on low-power mobile video streaming to large-scale backend systems with practical team leadership and productization skills.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Information Technology, Master's degree, Information Technology at Bauman Moscow State Technical University
English