Igor Ryzhkov
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Igor Ryzhkov started his career during his bachelor's degree at Colorado State University. He worked as a research student in the Brain-Computer Interface Lab and as a teaching assistant for the algorithms and data structures class. During the summer of 2016, he interned for Google in the geo-imagery team. After graduation, Igor began working in the YouTube video ad formats team at Google. After working at Google for two years, he worked at Amazon for nine months.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Git
The most amazing...
...thing I've recently done is apply caching to a machine learning inference service, which reduced the processing by five times.
Work Experience
Software Engineer
Amazon
- 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).
Software Engineer
- 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).
Software Engineering Intern
- Implemented a gRPC service for accessing geo-imagery using C++.
- Worked with an internal team on adopting the gRPC service into their pipeline.
- Led discussions about the design for the gRPC service.
Research Student Assistant at Brain-Computer Interface Lab
Colorado State University
- Implemented a UI for typing using Python that uses the Brain-Computer Interface pipeline as user input.
- Created a game using Python that uses the Brain-Computer Interface pipeline as user input.
- Participated in real-life testing of Brain-Computer Interface Lab.
Skills
Languages
Python, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, SQL, C++, Perl
Tools
Git
Other
A/B Testing, Protocol Buffers
Frameworks
gRPC
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Education
Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence
Northwestern University - Evanston, IL
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Colorado State University - Fort Collins, Colorado
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