Resume
About:
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Las Vegas, NV |
| Phone | 65O.241.9O91 |
| GitHub | alexshvid |
| @AlexShvid | |
| Shvid |
SUMMARY
AI/ML engineering leader and architect focused on Generative AI, RAG and agentic systems, NLP and large-scale distributed platforms. I ship production LLM applications — conversational copilots, retrieval-augmented services and the MLOps platforms behind them — and lead distributed AI/ML teams across three continents. Inventor on 7 US patents and an active open-source contributor.
CORE SPECIALTIES
- Gen AI & Agentic AI — LLM copilots and multi-step agents with LangGraph / LangChain, orchestrating external LLMs over complex conversational graphs.
- RAG — retrieval-augmented generation over Postgres / PGVector / Snowflake with OpenAI and Groq foundation models.
- NLP & Deep Learning — transformers and attention models for classification over unbalanced email, voice and chat data; computer vision.
- MLOps — model, deployment and feature-store ops on SageMaker, Wallaroo and Kubeflow; CI/CD in GitHub Actions; monitoring with Comet.
- Cloud & Distributed Systems — AWS, GCP, Azure and Kubernetes; low-latency, multi-tenant, high-availability and disaster-recovery services.
- Big & Fast Data — Spark, Hadoop, HBase and Cassandra; real-time data services; plus blockchain and consensus platforms.
OPEN SOURCE
| Project | Role |
|---|---|
| spring-data-cassandra | founder / commiter |
| casser | founder |
| protostuff | commiter |
| consensusdb | founder |
| gkvs | founder |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Start | End | Company | Position | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | current | RealPage | Sr. Engineering Manager | Las Vegas, USA |
| 2022 | 2022 | PayPal | Sr. MTS | San Jose, USA |
| 2016 | 2020 | PayPal | MTS III | San Jose, USA |
| 2013 | 2016 | PayPal | MTS II | San Jose, USA |
| 2011 | 2013 | Mirantis | Consultant | USA, Argentina, Moscow |
| 2008 | 2011 | Deutsche Bank | Sr.Specialist | Moscow, New York |
| 2006 | 2008 | HeadHunter | Project Manager | Moscow |
| 2002 | 2005 | Penza State University | Scientist | Penza |
SELECTED WORK
- RealPage — AI/ML (2023–present). Lead Gen AI copilots on LangGraph / LangChain and RAG microservices (PGVector, Snowflake, OpenAI/Groq); founded the MLOps practice (SageMaker, Wallaroo, Kubeflow); lead Conversational AI and ML teams across three continents.
- PayPal — AI/ML (2013–2022). Built the end-to-end NLP compliance and customer-success AI pipeline (transformers, attention) across PayPal, Braintree and Venmo; designed a multi-tenant AI Data Platform; trained an in-house foundation LLM. (2 US patents)
ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2018–2025 | Inventor on 7 US patents & applications at PayPal — see Patents |
PATENTS
Inventor on 7 US patents and published applications (assignee: PayPal, Inc.) in machine learning, NLP and distributed systems:
Granted
- US 11,582,326 B1 — Scalable messaging framework for providing ML services across multiple availability zones (2023)
- US 12,072,919 B2 — Sentence-level dialogue summaries using unsupervised machine learning (2024)
- US 12,229,510 B2 — Named entity recognition in chat dialogues for CRM systems (2025)
Applications
- US 2019/0332433 A1 — Providing services in a stateless application framework (2018)
- US 2019/0392065 A1 — Providing flexible data access (2018)
- US 2023/0105375 A1 — Scalable messaging framework for ML services (2021)
- US 2023/0076279 A1 — Deep learning for multi-channel customer feedback identification (2021)
EDUCATION
| Year(s) | Title | Organization | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–2026 | Online courses — MLOps, Kubernetes, Deep Learning | Coursera | Online |
| 2016 | Deep Learning School | Stanford | CA,USA |
| 2012-2014 | Master of Business Administration | City Business School | Moscow, online |
| 2002-2005 | School of Economics and Management, Postgraduate course | Penza State University | Penza, Russia |
| 1997-2002 | Master of Science in Applied Mathematics and Economics, with honors | Penza State University | Penza, Russia |
CERTIFICATION AND TRAININGS
Full list on my Coursera profile.
| Year | Title | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | MLOps — Machine Learning Operations (Specialization) | Duke University |
| 2024 | Advanced Kubernetes (Specialization) | LearnQuest |
| 2024 | HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate — Exam Prep | Whizlabs |
| 2023 | Intuit Academy Bookkeeping (Professional Certificate) | Intuit |
| 2019 | Deep Learning (Specialization) | DeepLearning.AI |
| 2009 | Oracle Coherence | TDTEX |
| 2009 | Core Spring | SpringSource |
LANGUAGES
- English: fluent
- Russian: native