Nikita Butakov

Nikita Butakov is a Machine Learning Engineer at Tome since January 2025, previously serving as a Senior Software Engineer at Houzz from August 2021 to January 2025, where responsibilities included developing and maintaining machine learning models for marketplace search and personalization. Prior experience includes a role as a Machine Learning Engineer at Ericsson from November 2018 to August 2021, focusing on time-series forecasting and anomaly detection. Nikita also held a Research Engineer position at UC Santa Barbara from June 2013 to November 2018, studying optical properties of materials, and was the Chief Engineer for the University at Buffalo Satellite Program, leading a team in satellite development for the Air Force Research Labs. Early experience includes a role as a Summer Research Assistant at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Nikita holds an MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara and a dual degree in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from the University at Buffalo.