Timofei Polivanov

Software Engineer

Plomitt

Junior AI Engineer

Reforged Labs

• Worked with video datasets used for AI model training and evaluation
• Implemented Python scripts for data processing and annotation workflows
• Tested different computer vision and multimodal models
• Ran model evaluations and analyzed prediction errors
• Helped integrate AI models into internal prototypes
• Documented experiments and contributed to debugging and improving ML pipelines

Junior AI Engineer

EVI Safety Technology

• Optimized and migrated the company’s AI-chatbot to a new LLM service
• Significantly reduced response latency and cut API costs

Microelectronics Engineering Technician

Russian Quantum Center

• Developed signal-processing algorithms for next-gen LiDAR modules
• Collaborated with hardware teams to integrate firmware tests

App Software Developer

QREPUBLIK

• Built and maintained responsive front-end features using React.js and REST APIs

BSc Artificial Intelligence (Honours)

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Certified AI Agent Developer

HuggingFace Certification

Pre-University STEM Academy: Advanced Computer Science, Math & Physics

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma

The English School of Kyrenia, Cyprus

High School Diploma (National Curriculum)

Skolkovo International Gymnasium, Moscow

Advanced Python & Software Engineering Program

Yandex Lyceum, Moscow

Financial News Sentiment Analysis Engine

• Engineered an automated NLP pipeline using structured LLM outputs to classify sentiment in live financial news
• Built an asynchronous ETL architecture persisting vectorized data into PostgreSQL, enabling similarity-based context retrieval

StructAgent: Autonomous AI Agent Framework

• Created and published an open-source AI agent framework on PyPI, enabling type-safe autonomous ReAct reasoning loops
• Architected a modular toolkit supporting RAG and web meta-search to reduce integration overhead

HuggingFace AI Agents Course

• Developed a custom AI-agent application, mastering tool chains, multi-agent systems, and evaluation metrics

SUP: Full-Stack Academic Marketplace

• Engineered and maintained a full-stack, bilingual academic tutoring marketplace deployed on Vercel with Role-Based Access Control

Intel AI for Youth

2nd place

• Built ‘Eye’ — a contact-tracing app using face recognition to model COVID-19 exposure chains

IX Open Championship of Professional Skills, WorldSkills Russia

3rd place

• Designed two autonomous robots for pattern-recognition and reassembly tasks

VIII Open Championship of Professional Skills, WorldSkills Russia

Finalist

• Developed a robot for color-based sorting, pallet stacking, and autonomous transport

Eurobot 2019

Finalist

• Built color-sorting and multi-height pick-and-place robots

VII Open Championship of Professional Skills, WorldSkills Russia

3rd place

• Designed an innovative robot for color-based sorting and height-adaptive object placement

Robofinist 2018

Finalist

• Developed a competitive Robo-sumo robot for autonomous opponent detection and ring eviction

JuniorSkills

Finalist

• Built a robot for cargo collection, color-based sorting, and structured stacking

SHUSTRIK

1st place

• Designed a functional model of an interplanetary spacecraft and lander; awarded a contract with RKK Energia