Azamat Galimzhanov

Azamat Galimzhanov

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ABOUT ME
Senior fullstack developer with 15+ years of professional experience
Senior fullstack developer with 15+ years of professional experience

šŸ† Full-stack engineer, Python and TypeScript/JavaScript, 20+ years building production software

šŸ¤– Specialized in applied AI: LLM agents, RAG systems, and voice assistants that run in production, not just in a demo

Tired of AI demos that wow everyone in a screen-share, then fall apart the first time a real user touches them? Or "cutting-edge" prototypes you end up babysitting that never quite reach production?

That's the gap I close. I treat AI features as real software, not a wrapped API call: eval sets before anything ships, logging you can actually debug, model routing to keep the bill sane, and a human in the loop wherever a wrong answer is expensive. Whether you need an LLM agent, a RAG pipeline over your own data, a voice assistant, or the full web app around it, I build the version that still works after the demo is over.

šŸ‘Øā€šŸ’» Core skills and technologies:

- AI and LLM: OpenAI/GPT, Claude, Gemini; RAG (hybrid search, custom embeddings); agents, tool-calling, structured outputs; eval harnesses; prompt caching; fine-tuning

- Voice: Deepgram, Twilio, real-time STT → LLM → TTS pipelines

- Backend: Python, Django, FastAPI, Node.js (Express, NestJS), Celery, PostgreSQL, Redis

- Frontend: TypeScript, React/Next.js, Svelte/SvelteKit, Vue/Nuxt

- Cloud and infra: IaC, AWS, Cloudflare, Docker, CI/CD

- Generative media: image and video generation, both hosted (Nano Banana, GPT Image 2, Seedance 2) and self-hosted open-source (Qwen-Image, Wan) in ComfyUI with custom LoRA training

Send me a few lines about what you're building and where it's stuck, and I'll tell you straight what it'll take. šŸ“©

Russian, English
Astana (+06:00)
Joined April 2020
EXPERTISE
10 years experience | 51 endorsements
I'm using python since 2010. I've built pretty much all of my big projects iusing python: * Biometric identification and face recognit...
I'm using python since 2010. I've built pretty much all of my big projects iusing python: * Biometric identification and face recognition company * Construction materials market place * 3d graphics marketplace \ online video editor * Interactive STEM teaching website * Flight booking system
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7 years experience | 30 endorsements
I've been using javascript for a very long time, but I was never really a frontend guy. Lately I've discovered VueJS and fell in love wit...
I've been using javascript for a very long time, but I was never really a frontend guy. Lately I've discovered VueJS and fell in love with it, building pretty much all of my frontend services using this framework.
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15 years experience | 29 endorsements
Started with jquery, then backbone, ember, AngularJS v1 and now I prefer Vue
Started with jquery, then backbone, ember, AngularJS v1 and now I prefer Vue
7 years experience | 13 endorsements
5 years experience | 6 endorsements
10 years experience | 16 endorsements
7 years experience | 10 endorsements

REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0
(283 reviews)
lpp
lpp
October 2022
Azamat is excellent, a superb engineer and great to work with. Highly recommended!
lpp
lpp
July 2022
Azamat is great! Really knowledgeable and helpful, highly recommended!
lpp
lpp
June 2022
Azamat is a top engineer, extremely knowledgeable and experienced! Highly recommended.
lpp
lpp
June 2022
Azamat is a true expert in many different areas of engineering and a pleasure to work with. Highly recommended!
lpp
lpp
June 2022
Great mentor, very dedicated and thorough, highly recommended.
lpp
lpp
June 2022
Azamat is fantastic, a complete expert and a real pleasure to work with!! Highly recommended.
lpp
lpp
May 2022
Azamat is amazing! An awesome engineer and a pleasure to work with!! Highly recommended!!
Scott Gelber
Scott Gelber
June 2021
Fixes my issues extremely fast. Faster than most mentors that I've worked with.
Yannis Panagis
Yannis Panagis
May 2021
Finally understand a bit more about ports and protocols!
Billy
Billy
May 2021
Azamat is an amazing mentor / teacher / software engineer. He is smart, thorough, patient, and will always take his time to make sure you understand important concepts and disciplines. One of the best mentors on this website.
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CEO
azamat.ai
2022-02-01-Present

azamat.ai is my own AI engineering practice. Most of the time that means me; sometimes one or two engineers I trust. I build productio...

azamat.ai is my own AI engineering practice. Most of the time that means me; sometimes one or two engineers I trust. I build production LLM, voice, and RAG systems for founders and small teams in the US, Europe, and Central Asia, and the part I care about most is the one people skip: keeping them running once the demo is over.

Python
TypeScript
AI
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Python
TypeScript
AI
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CTO
biometric.kz
2018-02-01-2022-02-01

Biometric is a technological startup from Kazakhstan, which provides biometric identification and facial recognition solutions. Hired...

Biometric is a technological startup from Kazakhstan, which provides biometric identification and facial recognition solutions. Hired and lead a team of 10 developers. Managed development, UX, analytics and feature specs. Designed a microservice oriented architecture based on a docker cluster spanning over 20 hosts. Continuously trained CNN for facial recognition task based on frequently updated dataset.

Python
Django
PostgreSQL
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Python
Django
PostgreSQL
Redis
Machine Learning
Docker
Data Science
Neural Networks
Vue.js
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CTO
gdematerial.ru
2014-10-01-2017-06-01
CTO and co-founder of construction materials marketplace Hired and lead a team of 5 developers. Built a django based website and a backo...
CTO and co-founder of construction materials marketplace Hired and lead a team of 5 developers. Built a django based website and a backoffice auction system serving over 30 partners and 300 000 products. Developed an algorithmic max flow min cut based solution to find the cheapest way to obtain a long list of products buying from a number of different partners. Had a successful exit.
Python
Django
Angular
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Python
Django
Angular
PostgreSQL
Redis
Celery
CoffeeScript
Grunt
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