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Artem Bulatov

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Senior Python engineer and tech lead with 7+ years building backend systems, ETL pipelines, and LLM applications.

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Senior Python engineer and tech lead with 7+ years building backend systems, ETL pipelines, and LLM applications. Led engineering teams and shipped platform capabilities end-to-end—from open-source contributions to production-grade services and async client libraries.
Currently leading engineering at Rove, driving analytics and retailer-assessment platforms. Open to senior backend, platform, or tech-lead roles with a fully remote setup.

  • 7 years' experience
  • Joined July 2026

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Education
  • Energy & Utilities
  • Financial Services
  • Healthcare
  • Media & Entertainment

Work experience· 5 roles

Tech Lead · RoveOct 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

Led a cross-functional engineering team of 3 (senior frontend, mid backend, mid QA automation) shipping Rove's product analytics and retailer-assessment platform from zero to 60+ enterprise clients. Architected and shipped LLM chains across multiple groups, orchestrated via PromptHub over Anthropic, OpenAI, Vertex and xAI. Implemented vendor-aware request governance with per-provider RPM ceilings tracked in Redis via a custom ApiUsageCallbackHandler. Built a Temporal.io ETL platform integrating 23 external sources (~400 scheduled runs/day), spanning 44 workflow types and ~130 activity methods. Designed a caching framework to absorb redundant calls to non-idempotent external LLM/third-party APIs, reducing external API spend. Owned AWS infrastructure on an ~800 USD/month operating budget; platform supported a successful funding round (NDA) and now serves 60+ international clients.

Python Developer · Toloka AIMay 2024 – Oct 2024 · 6 mos

Built FastAPI services and Bazel-managed modules across a monorepo. Designed Temporal.io ETL pipelines running 1,000+ workflow executions/day and replaced ad-hoc scripts with versioned, observable Temporal workflows, reducing manual maintenance effort by ~90% within 6 weeks. Developed DataBricks/Jupyter notebooks to produce cleaned datasets using SQL and DataBricks pandas-compatible DataFrame API. Designed PostgreSQL schemas and managed migrations; mentored junior engineers on Python and cloud deployment patterns (AWS/Azure).

Back End Developer · SuperPedestrian (via Altoros LLC)Jul 2021 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Built billing backend with Django/DRF and Redis handling 5,000+ transactions/day. Integrated and maintained Stripe, PayPal, Braintree and PaymentsOS payment providers. Designed PostgreSQL schemas and Docker/Docker Compose infrastructure; mentored a junior engineer on backend Python and payments integration. Supported Turkish-market launch and rollout of group-ride features.

Full Stack Developer · Vizorlabs LLCJun 2019 – Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos
Integration Engineer · LatokenMar 2019 – Jun 2019 · 4 mos

Education

BSc, Applied Informatics · Moscow State University of Instrument Engineering and Computer Science2011 – 2015

Certifications and awards

Mathematics for Machine Learning2030 – 2026
IBM AI Engineering — specialization2030 – 2026
python-cachier (open-source project)2015 – 2026

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