Nikita Zhiltsov

Nikita Zhiltsov is a Staff Machine Learning Engineer at LinkedIn, where they lead the development of the Pensieve platform, enhancing job recommendations and search functionalities. Prior to this, they held various roles including Chief Scientist at Orb Intelligence and CTO at Quest.ai, focusing on integrating machine learning and AI in diverse applications. Nikita has also contributed to academia as a lecturer and visiting scholar across multiple institutions, earning a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Kazan Federal University. They are recognized as a US patent holder and possess extensive expertise in deep learning, large language models, and natural language processing.