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Rinat Shaykhutdinov

@rinat

I build AI-native, distributed systems and lead engineering teams from MVP to production.

Cyprus
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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build and scale AI-native, high-load products where I can stay hands-on with architecture, technical strategy, and critical implementation while leading strong engineering teams.

At Math & Magic, I architected and shipped an AI-native collaboration platform across web, desktop, and mobile, taking it from MVP to production for thousands of users. I built its Rust backend, event-driven microservices, and a proprietary WebRTC-based SFU for low-latency voice and video.

I design production AI systems with permission-aware workspace context, memory, retrieval, tool execution, and controlled actions. I also focus on practical LLM efficiency through model routing, context compression, token budgets, evaluation, and cost-quality-latency trade-offs.

Previously, as Head of Artificial Intelligence at BetB2B Platform, I delivered practical AI initiatives across marketing, content management, HR, and analytics. At Exabyte, I led dozens of projects into operation, including St. Petersburg's Transport Portal, GoRussia Travel Portal, and enterprise Agile project-management software.

Across more than 20 years, I've built high-load distributed software, led engineering teams of 30+, and stayed hands-on with architecture, technical strategy, and critical implementation decisions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Math & Magic logoMM
Current

Co-Founder & CTO (Founding Engineer)

May 2024 - Present (2 years 4 months)

— Architected and shipped an AI-native collaboration platform across web, desktop and mobile, taking it from MVP to production and supporting thousands of users.
— Built the core backend in Rust and designed microservice / event-driven architecture for a multi-tenant, real-time product with demanding reliability requirements.
— Designed AI agents harness with permission-aware workspace context, me

BetB2B Platform logoBP

Head of Artificial Intelligence

May 2023 - May 2024 (1 year)

My role was focused on practical AI adoption across business functions.

— Defined and delivered AI initiatives for marketing, content management, HR and analytics, translating business workflows into production-ready AI solutions.
— Selected models and integration approaches based on capability, reliability, privacy, latency and unit economics, with a strong focus on measurable operational value.

Exabyte logoEX

Chief Technology Officer

Feb 2016 - Feb 2022 (6 years)

Under my leadership, dozens of projects were developed and put into operation, including:

— The Transport Portal of St. Petersburg, a comprehensive platform that offers real-time tracking of public transport vehicles, route planning, and convenient options for topping up transport cards, among other features.

— The GoRussia Travel Portal and its accompanying mobile app, designed specifically for

Cupli Surveys logoCS

CTO / Tech Lead

Nov 2014 - Dec 2015 (1 year 1 month)

As a Technical Lead, I directed a team of developers to create a high-performance microservice architecture. I took charge of key features such as a traffic router, API server, and stats collection server, utilizing agile development practices to drive success. I made strategic technical decisions to optimize the system's performance, ultimately leading to a successful launch and significant resul

Create Digital logoCD

Lead Software Developer

Mar 2013 - Sep 2014 (1 year 6 months)

I was responsible for breaking down technical tasks, improving system efficiency, communicating with clients, monitoring team performance, and supporting my team members. I introduced agile development practices to increase transparency and predictability, leading to the successful launch of updated versions of inmyroom.ru, a popular publishing platform with millions of monthly active users.

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Chief Executive Officer

Apr 2012 - Nov 2013 (1 year 7 months)

I managed the creation of a powerful tool for social media marketing experts. The software focused on analyzing audiences in social networks and collecting relevant metrics. The result of my team's hard work was the successful sale of the technology to a third-party company and its integration into their products.

BR Technologies logoBT

Senior Ruby Developer

Jul 2011 - Mar 2012 (8 months)

At BR Technologies, a software development company with a team of over 150 contractors all over the world, I had the opportunity to work on the user interfaces of the high-availability advertising network, Leadsleader.ru. I was part of a dynamic and talented team dedicated to creating innovative software solutions for our customers.

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Web Software Developer

Jan 2002 - Jan 2012 (10 years)

During this time, I successfully created a vast portfolio of web projects that spanned a range of complexity, from personal homepages to complex e-commerce solutions. My expertise in PHP and Ruby on Rails allowed me to bring each of these projects to life with dynamic and user-friendly interfaces. With a strong focus on delivering high-quality results, I developed nearly a hundred websites and est

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

SI

Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace and Instrumentation

Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Administration and Management, General

Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace and Instrumentation logoSI

Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace and Instrumentation

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration and Management

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management from Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace and Instrumentation.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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