Hi, I'm Aspandiyar Nurimanov, a passionate Data Scientist with over 4 years of experience in data analysis, AI, and machine learning. I've worked on building scalable pipelines, optimizing large language model inference, and deploying AI systems for low-resource languages. I enjoy tackling complex problems and using AI to automate and improve business processes. Throughout my career, I've collaborated with diverse teams and clients, ranging from gold mining companies to consulting firms and startups. I'm always eager to learn new technologies and contribute to meaningful projects that make a difference. When I'm not coding, you can find me snowboarding, hiking, or enjoying road trips with friends.

Aspandiyar Nurimanov

Hi, I'm Aspandiyar Nurimanov, a passionate Data Scientist with over 4 years of experience in data analysis, AI, and machine learning. I've worked on building scalable pipelines, optimizing large language model inference, and deploying AI systems for low-resource languages. I enjoy tackling complex problems and using AI to automate and improve business processes. Throughout my career, I've collaborated with diverse teams and clients, ranging from gold mining companies to consulting firms and startups. I'm always eager to learn new technologies and contribute to meaningful projects that make a difference. When I'm not coding, you can find me snowboarding, hiking, or enjoying road trips with friends.

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Hi, I’m Aspandiyar Nurimanov, a passionate Data Scientist with over 4 years of experience in data analysis, AI, and machine learning. I’ve worked on building scalable pipelines, optimizing large language model inference, and deploying AI systems for low-resource languages. I enjoy tackling complex problems and using AI to automate and improve business processes.

Throughout my career, I’ve collaborated with diverse teams and clients, ranging from gold mining companies to consulting firms and startups. I’m always eager to learn new technologies and contribute to meaningful projects that make a difference. When I’m not coding, you can find me snowboarding, hiking, or enjoying road trips with friends.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent
Kazakh
Fluent
Russian
Fluent

Work Experience

Data Scientist at Institute of Smart Systems an Artificial Intelligence
April 1, 2024 - Present
Built scalable pipeline to continuously collect, generate, and translate data for SFT and language modeling. Implemented multi-GPU LLM inference optimized for A100/H100 clusters. Deployed production-grade RAG system using Agentic AI for low-resource languages.
AI/ML Engineer at BennuData (contract)
February 28, 2024 - July 29, 2025
Conducted discovery of application and resources on AWS cloud using AI-powered BERT embeddings. Clusterized AWS resources into applications using K-means and Self-Organizing Maps. Developed and fine-tuned BERT and GPT-3 models to generate Disaster Recovery Plans.
Senior Data Analyst at Kumtor Gold Company
November 30, 2022 - July 29, 2025
Developed a Machine Learning model using NLP to determine incident ticket requests with 98% accuracy. Deployed the model with Flask API via Docker to Kubernetes within the company network. Designed a digital twin of each data flow in the company’s production cycle.
Data Scientist at KPMG Caucasus and Central Asia
November 30, 2021 - July 29, 2025
Performed predictive maintenance with machine learning for oil and gas company. Automated business processes for geotechnologist using AI for nuclear fuel cycle company. Automated tender parsing from various government tender websites, including tender classification with NLP and sentiment analysis, saving 5.5 hours of work daily. Conducted webinars on Data Science, Power BI, and Data Management for Kazakhstan’s Ministries and large companies.

Education

Master of Science at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
January 1, 2021 - February 28, 2022
Bachelor of Science at University of London (LSE, KBTU)
January 1, 2015 - August 31, 2019

Qualifications

TensorFlow Developer Certificate (Google)
April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023
ChatGPT API by lablab.ai
March 1, 2023 - March 31, 2023
Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate
May 1, 2021 - May 31, 2021
IBM Machine Learning Professional Certificate
December 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services, Government, Professional Services