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Zarina Abdraimova

@zarinaabdraimova

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Machine Learning Engineer specializing in LLMs, NLP and Computer Vision for production AI.

Kyrgyzstan

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What I'm looking for

I seek a role building production LLM/NLP or computer vision systems, with ownership of model development, deployment, and opportunity to mentor and scale AI products.

I am a Machine Learning Engineer focused on LLMs, NLP, and computer vision with end-to-end ownership of production AI systems serving tens of thousands of users.

I led development of the world’s top Kyrgyz local language model (AiRUN), curated 59M tokens, fine-tuned and optimized inference, and achieved state-of-the-art benchmarks versus Gemma 3:27B.

I built and deployed multiple production products including a Visual Search API indexing 200K+ images with 96% Precision@K, a digital avatar platform with custom TTS and video generation, and an image-to-text product description generator.

I deliver practical infrastructure and MLOps solutions—GPU-optimized APIs, Qdrant/FAISS indexing, ETL pipelines, and monitoring—while mentoring engineers and driving measurable business impact.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Machine Learning Engineer

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BDigital

May 2025 - Present (9 months)

Led development of AiRUN Kyrgyz LLM (59M curated tokens) and production visual search API; deployed multiple ML products serving 100K+ users and achieved 96% Precision@K for image search and improved language benchmarks vs Gemma 3:27B.

PyTorch Qdrant

Machine Learning Engineer

MDigital

Feb 2025 - Apr 2025 (2 months)

Built real-time comment classification processing 1M+ daily comments with 96% accuracy and developed production ETL pipelines handling 100K+ daily requests with monitoring and A/B testing.

Real Time Classification ETL Monitoring A B Testing Python

Machine Learning Engineer

UlutSoft LLC

Jun 2023 - Feb 2025 (1 year 8 months)

Sole ML engineer for railway monitoring and Kyrgyz ASR/TTS systems, delivering 99% train number recognition and ASR with 15.43% WER while mentoring engineers and leading ML production efforts.

YOLOv8 EasyOCR Whisper Model Fine Tuning Mentoring Model Evaluation

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University

Bachelor of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

2019 - 2024

Grade: 3.76/4.00

Completed a Bachelor of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science with coursework in machine learning, statistical analysis, algorithms, and software engineering; graduated with a 3.76/4.00 GPA.