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Bakhyt Abylai

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Building production-grade AI systems that transform core business processes. Expert in Autonomous Agents, RAG Architectures, Voice AI, and LLM Ecosystems — from architecture design to deployment at scale.

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5+
Years in AI / ML
5
Companies
35%
Call Center Workload Cut
5+
Team Members Led
10+
AI Systems Shipped
Expertise

What I Build With

AI Architecture
Multi-agent orchestration, agentic pipelines, LLM system design at production scale. Built banking and recruitment agents from scratch.
LangGraphLangChainLlamaIndexFastAPIgRPC
RAG & Vector Search
Hybrid search, re-ranking, embedding optimization. Production RAG for fraud detection, document intelligence, and knowledge bases.
QdrantWeaviateFAISSHybrid SearchRe-ranking
Voice AI
Real-time low-latency STT/TTS pipelines for call center automation, voice interviews, and conversational agents.
WhisperYandexSpeechKitCoquiVALL-EStreaming ASR
MLOps & Infra
High-load inference infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, automated monitoring, model versioning and retraining loops.
vLLMDockerTritonCI/CDPrometheus
LLM Fine-tuning & Prompting
Parameter-efficient fine-tuning for domain adaptation, structured prompt engineering, function calling and tool use design.
LoRAQLoRAFunction CallingTool UsePrompt Eng.
Core ML & Deep Learning
Classification, clustering, NLP, computer vision. Built models for text analysis, ECG signal processing, and call analytics.
PyTorchTensorFlowTransformersScikit-learnSAS
Data Engineering & Analytics
ETL pipelines, A/B testing, business metric dashboards. Large-scale call center datasets and CRM analytics at Kaspi Bank.
PythonPostgreSQLMySQLPowerBIA/B Testing
Document & PDF Automation
Programmatic PDF generation via coordinate mapping. Built automated tax declaration rendering for Kazakhstan FNO 910.00.
PyMuPDFPDF ParsingOCRNLP Extraction
Leadership & Consulting
Technical roadmaps, team management (5+ engineers), AI strategy alignment with business goals, cross-functional delivery.
Team LeadSystem DesignAI StrategyTask Delegation
Career

Work Experience

BI Group
AI Engineer
May 2026 — Present
  • AI Assistant: Developed a virtual assistant for internal and client-facing processes with LLM-based dialogue management and document retrieval.
  • Process Automation: Automated construction project documentation workflows via NLP pipelines, reducing manual processing time across departments.
  • Data Intelligence: Built ML-powered analytics and reporting tools supporting real estate sales and project management decisions.
  • Integration: Connected AI services to existing enterprise systems via REST APIs and event-driven architecture.
  • Research: Evaluated and prototyped LLM solutions for internal knowledge management and employee support automation.
Freedom Bank
AI Engineer
Nov 2023 — Present
  • Banking Agents: Designed and deployed a multi-agent system for SME clients (IP/TOO) automating wire transfers, invoice generation, and account queries via Function Calling and Agentic RAG.
  • NLP / Call Center: Engineered an LLM-powered orchestration layer reducing manual workload by 35% and cutting support operational costs.
  • RAG Architecture: Built a pipeline with Hybrid Search, Re-ranking, and Embedding optimization for document intelligence and fraud detection.
  • MLOps: Scaled production infrastructure with vLLM, Docker, and CI/CD; automated monitoring and model retraining for high-load banking services.
  • Leadership: Mentored data scientists, aligned ML initiatives with business goals, established LLM development and evaluation standards.
Forbes — Freedom Bank presented AI assistant to the President
Atlantys / Startup
AI Consultant
Nov 2024 — May 2025
  • Recruitment AI: Designed an autonomous agent automating the full cycle: JD generation, CV ranking via RAG, and real-time voice interviews.
  • Team Leadership: Managed a cross-functional team of 5 (2 Backend, 2 Frontend, 1 PM), defined technical roadmaps and task delegation.
  • Voice Integration: Implemented low-latency STT/TTS pipelines for automated candidate screening calls.
  • Orchestration: Built a custom multi-agent framework in FastAPI ensuring reliable LLM agent interaction.
Kaspi Bank
Middle Data Scientist
Apr 2022 — Nov 2023
  • Model Development: Built and deployed ML models for text classification and clustering including large language models.
  • Chatbot: Regular updates, bug fixes, and new features to improve efficiency and functionality.
  • Data Analysis: Processed call data and large datasets in SAS to identify cost-saving opportunities.
  • A/B Testing: Hypothesis testing and analysis on calls to improve business processes.
  • Dashboards: Developed business metric visualizations for management decision-making.
NEO-LIFE
Data Analyst
Jun 2021 — Apr 2022
  • Analysis of KPI, salary, and motivation indicators.
  • Developed a sales evaluation system for the pharmaceutical market with "Viortis".
  • Quarterly reports with dashboard visualizations; monthly CRM sales monitoring files.
  • Financial risk control, analysis, and process optimization.
Background

Education & Courses

Mathematical and Computer Modelling
International Information Technology University
Sep 2018 — Jun 2022
Paper: ECG Analysis using Machine Learning and Deep Learning Techniques
Data ScienceMachine Learning Linear AlgebraData Mining
Karpov Courses
Start ML
Academica
Data Analytics — GS, MySQL, PowerBI, Python
Coursera · DeepLearning.AI
Neural Networks and Deep Learning
Coursera · DeepLearning.AI
Structuring Machine Learning Projects
Coursera · DeepLearning.AI
Hyperparameter Tuning, Regularization & Optimization
Stepik
Programming in Python
Let's Talk

Get in Touch

Open to Senior / Lead AI Engineering roles, consulting, and interesting AI projects.

Phone
+7 (776) 730-3164
Email
abilai.bakhyt@gmail.com
LinkedIn
bakhyt-abylai