Experience Timeline

A detailed overview of roles across engineering, research, and teaching.

  • Sep 2024 — Present

    Prompt Engineer

    TOO Ailat — "Ailat AI Screening"

    Led a year-long automation effort for Islamic financial screening using LLMs and structured financial data.

    Scope: SEC/EDGAR extraction, report optimization for LLM input, prompt design, structured JSON outputs, LSEG (Refinitiv) integration, and an API with admin panel + user profiles.

  • Aug 2022 — Mar 2024

    Researcher & Department Director

    QazIIM — Institute of Innovative Medicine, "System biology and ICT"

    Performed genetic analyses and ML experiments on research datasets; organized research workflows and introduced modern ICT tools for bio-data analysis.

  • Jan 2017 — Present

    Deputy Director & Senior Lecturer

    Satbayev University (KazNITU) — Institute of Distance Education

    Teaching IT disciplines and supervising students in applied and research projects.

    Research highlight: "Zhas Galym" grant project on somatic mutations from single-cell RNA data using ML methods (end-to-end pipeline from genetic preprocessing to ML analysis).

  • Sep 2015 — Jun 2016

    Senior Lecturer

    International IT University

    Taught software engineering and IT courses; supported students in project-based learning.

  • Jun 2011 — May 2015

    Deputy Dean & Lecturer (multiple roles)

    KBTU — Kazakhstan-British Technical University

    Organized the academic process and taught IT disciplines; mentored students and involved them in applied projects.

  • Jun 2010 — Jul 2010

    .NET Developer Intern

    NAT (Astana)

    Hands-on practice with .NET Framework and C#; learned application architecture and OOP through team development.

  • Jun 2009 — Jun 2011

    Math Olympiad Coach

    Lyceum No. 173

    Coached students for math olympiads and logic; students achieved prizes in competitions at different levels.