Software Engineer
2019 - 2020Amazon- Implemented and A/B tested UX changes on the “Buy it Again” page. (Front-end).
- Implemented new evaluation metrics for the BIA page. (Back-end/data analysis).
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), React, Python, Perl, JavaScript, HTML, Git, CSS, AWSSoftware Engineer
2017 - 2018Google- Implemented and A/B tested UX changes on YouTube page (web, mweb, mobile, TV). (Front-end).
- Modified and maintained online user research surveys. (Back-end).
- Analyzed the impact of policy changes on video monetization. (Data analysis).
Technologies: TypeScript, SQL, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSSSoftware Engineering Intern
2016 - 2016Google- Created RPC service (API service) for getting geo-imagery. (Back-end).
Technologies: Python, Protocol Buffers, C++Research Student Assistant at Brain-Computer Interface Lab
2015 - 2016Colorado State University- Implemented a typer that uses BCI as input.
- Implemented a game of pong that uses BCI as input.
Technologies: Python, Mercurial
Igor Ryzhkov
A/B Testing Developer in Chicago, IL, United States
Member since February 8, 2020
Upon completion of his bachelor’s degree, Igor started working at Google. He was part of the YouTube VideoAds team, mostly working on the user interface for video ads experience on YouTube. After Google, he joined Amazon's Repeat Purchase team. The goal of the team was to increase the number of Amazon-based purchases for items that are repeat-purchasable (e.g., consumables).
Igor is now available for hire
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
IntelliJ, Git
The most amazing...
...thing I recently worked on was a stock trading program that uses reinforcement learning to decide when to buy and sell stocks.
Employment
Experience
- Scholar TA (Development)https://www.scholar-ta.com/
A web app for basic review automation of doctoral dissertations. The student uploads a Word document and receives it back with embedded comments.
Front End Technologies: React, JavaScript, CSS, HTML
Back End Technologies: Python, AWS CodeStar, AWS Lambda, AWS Amplify - Reinforcement Learning Stock Trading (Development)https://github.com/iryzhkov/Reinforcement-Learning-Stock-Trading
A stock trading simulator that uses reinforcement learning to find a good policy for stock trading.
Still a work in progress. - Snowflake Classification (Development)https://github.com/iryzhkov/Snowflake-Classifier
A university group project to classify snowflakes based on the photos.
- Graph Outer-Planarity Checker (Development)https://github.com/iryzhkov/python-planarity-check
An algorithm to check if the graph is outer-planar.
- Space Grant Rover Competition (Development)https://github.com/iryzhkov/NASA-Robotics-Competition
Team project for building and programming a robot to find a beacon.
I worked on the programming/electrical components of the robot.
Skills
Languages
Python, JavaScript, Java, SQL, CSS, HTML, C++, Perl, TypeScriptFrameworks
Django, Google Protocol BufferLibraries/APIs
Google API, React, Quandl APITools
Git, Vim Text Editor, Mercurial, IntelliJParadigms
Agile Software Development, Test-driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration (CI)Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux, MacOS, ArduinoStorage
AWS S3, AWS CodeStarOther
Protocol Buffers, A/B Testing, AWS
Education
- Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence2020 - 2021Northwestern University - Evanston, IL
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science2014 - 2016Colorado State University - Fort Collins, Colorado
