Mikhail L.-CTO | Engineering Manager | Technical Lead | Software & Data Engineering
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Experience
CTO
infercom
- Lead development and support of an audio/video transcription platform and AI-powered text analysis systems.
- Lead development of agent-based systems using local LLM and VLM models; manage knowledge bases and agent bots in Flowise AI.
- Manage software development and testing teams; define system architecture and oversee product infrastructure, monitoring, and support.
Lead Developer
Innotech Group
- Built enterprise data ingestion, parsing, transfer and ETL solutions using Python, PySpark and Apache Airflow.
- Processed XML, CSV, JSON, Parquet, XLS and DOCX data; worked with Hadoop/HDFS, partitioning, secure data exchange, encryption/decryption and model conversion.
- Developed Flask REST APIs with Nginx/Gunicorn; deployed and supported virtual servers in VMware Cloud Director and Docker environments.
- Led two developers, conducted technical interviews, prepared development plans and contributed to system architecture.
Head of Circuit Design Sector
Russian Space Systems
- Developed monitoring systems for fishing vessels, including electrical design, PCB routing, STM32/C firmware, C# Windows monitoring software, testing and field deployment.
- Developed a regional navigation monitoring solution; configured Linux servers, VPN gateways, redundant routers and Zabbix.
Electronics Design Engineer, 1st Category
Technodinamika
- Developed aviation power supply systems; performed circuit calculations, modeling, documentation, testing and validation.
Electronics Engineer, 2nd Category
Moscow Searchlight Plant
- Developed power supply systems for equipment up to 30 kW; wrote microcontroller code, assembled components and conducted testing.
Industry experience
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Experienced in Aerospace and Defense, Information Technology, and Manufacturing.
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Experienced in Product Development, Information Technology, and Production.
Summary
Technical leader and software engineer with 14+ years of experience across software development, data engineering, systems architecture, infrastructure, embedded systems, and team management. Currently CTO, leading development and testing teams and overseeing architecture, infrastructure, AI-powered text analysis, local LLM/VLM solutions, knowledge bases, and agent-based systems. Hands-on with Python, PySpark, Airflow, REST APIs, Docker, Linux, SQL, PostgreSQL, Hadoop/HDFS and Flowise AI.
Skills
- Leadership: Engineering Management
- Leadership: Architecture
- Leadership: Hiring
- Leadership: Mentoring
- Leadership: Planning
- Leadership: Task Decomposition
- Leadership: Customer Communication
- Software & Data: Python
- Software & Data: Pyspark
- Software & Data: Sql
- Software & Data: Etl
- Software & Data: Apache Airflow
- Software & Data: Hadoop/Hdfs
- Software & Data: Rest Api
- Software & Data: Flask
- Software & Data: Git
- Ai & Infrastructure: Llm
- Ai & Infrastructure: Vlm
- Ai & Infrastructure: Agent Systems
- Ai & Infrastructure: Flowise Ai
- Ai & Infrastructure: Linux
- Ai & Infrastructure: Docker
- Ai & Infrastructure: Vmware Cloud Director
- Ai & Infrastructure: Zabbix
- Databases & Web: Postgresql
- Databases & Web: Mysql
- Databases & Web: Redis
- Databases & Web: Javascript
- Databases & Web: Html5
- Databases & Web: Css3
- Databases & Web: Bootstrap
- Embedded & Electronics: C
- Embedded & Electronics: Stm32
- Embedded & Electronics: Circuit Design
- Embedded & Electronics: Pcb Design
- Embedded & Electronics: Sensors
- Embedded & Electronics: Electrical Systems
- Embedded & Electronics: Testing
Languages
Education
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT)
Master’s · Applied Systems Engineering · Dolgoprudny, Russian Federation
National Research University Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI)
Master’s · Industrial Electronics · Moscow, Russian Federation
Certifications & licenses
Apache Airflow DAG Authoring
Astronomer
Apache Airflow Fundamentals
Astronomer
Driver’s license: B
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Mikhail is based in Moscow, Russian Federation.
Mikhail speaks the following languages: Russian (Native), English (Advanced).
Mikhail has at least 14 years of experience. During this time, Mikhail has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 5 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 3 years and 10 months. Note that Mikhail may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Mikhail would be well-suited for roles such as: CTO, Lead Developer, Head of Circuit Design Sector.
Mikhail's most recent position is CTO at infercom.
In recent years, Mikhail has worked for infercom, Innotech Group, and Russian Space Systems.
Mikhail is most experienced in industries like Aerospace and Defense, Information Technology, and Manufacturing.
Mikhail is most experienced in business areas like Product Development, Information Technology, and Production.
Mikhail has recently worked in industries like Information Technology and Aerospace and Defense.
Mikhail has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology and Product Development.
Mikhail holds a Master in Applied Systems Engineering from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and a Master in Industrial Electronics from National Research University Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI).
Mikhail has 3 certificates. These include: Apache Airflow DAG Authoring, Apache Airflow Fundamentals, and Driver’s license: B.
Mikhail will be available full-time from November 2026.
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