Valentin Biryukov
Head Of Consulting Unit at Higher School of Economics
Belgrade, Central Serbia
Summary
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Top SchoolValentin Biryukov is a data and AI-focused engineering leader with nine years of experience building teams and products across Yandex, Toloka, and academia. Currently Head of Consulting Unit at Yandex Cloud, he blends hands-on data science and program management with client-facing strategy to help organizations adopt ML and cloud solutions. He has repeatedly progressed from engineer to department head, directing R&D and new technologies while teaching as a visiting lecturer and academic advisor. Valentin also invests as a limited partner and mentors students, reflecting a commitment to developing people as well as systems. Based in Belgrade with a strong Russian academic background in applied mathematics and big data systems, he emphasizes translational work—turning research and prototypes into production-ready services. Unusually for a leader, he still frames his mission simply: he teaches machines and people.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Big Data System, Master's degree Big Data System at Higher School of EconomicsAESC MSU — Kolmogorov Boarding School
Github Skills (32)
integrate9
label9
crowd9
toloka9
api9
data-mining8
crowdsourcing7
data-labeling7
machine-learning7
python7
database7
cpp7
scalable6
consistency6
sql6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
tonik7599/contest-6475-problems-A
Dec 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 14 comments in 2 months
problemsyandex-contestyandexleetcode
Mata-moscas/HSE_DPO_2020_python_for_analytics_group_1
Jun 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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