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Ilia Iliev

@iliailiev

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I build production ML systems for recommendations, LLM applications, classification, and cloud infrastructure.

Bulgaria

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build production AI and ML systems, especially LLM applications, real-time recommendations, classification, and cloud data infrastructure.

At H-tech, I architected a multimodal ad-deduplication pipeline processing 20,000 videos daily, reduced redundant LLM inference by 80%, and built evaluation workflows that catch quality regressions before deployment.

Previously at Smule and A1, I deployed real-time recommenders serving 600 RPS, increased clicks by 10%, reduced user reports by 50%, and helped establish an ML team. I also build LLM games, on-device peer-matching apps, and reinforcement-learning bots.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

AI Engineer

H-tech

Mar 2024 - May 2026 (2 years 2 months)

Architected multimodal ad-deduplication pipeline processing 20k videos daily, replacing manual review with higher accuracy and throughput. Reduced redundant LLM inference by 80% and built an internal evaluation framework to catch quality regressions before deployment.