# Artem Meshkov — Systems & Platform Engineer

> Systems & platform engineer based in Israel with 5+ years designing and building production platforms end-to-end: system architecture, cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Kubernetes), security (ISO 27001), backends, frontends, and AI/LLM systems. Not currently looking for new roles.

## Core Expertise

- Platform & systems architecture: multi-tenant SaaS, microservices, self-hosted platforms
- Cloud & infrastructure: GCP, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Datadog, CI/CD
- Security: hardening, ISO 27001, SSO/LDAP/identity, CI/CD security scanning
- Application stack: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Django, FastAPI, Express.js, Node.js
- AI/ML systems: RAG pipelines, LLM integration, LangChain, document processing, self-hosted GPU inference (vLLM, llama.cpp, Ollama)
- Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, SQLite, MongoDB
- Focus areas: fast shipping, reliability, security, maintainable architecture

## Experience

- **Full-Stack Developer at Novella** (Late 2026–Present)
  - Driving AI development, automation, and testing
  - Implementing AI workflows & integrations to improve development and reliability

- **Senior Systems & Platform Engineer at Weaversoft.io** (2022–September 2026)
  - Built real-time medical platform (React/Django/MySQL) supporting 50–500 concurrent sessions
  - Built document-processing ML system combining OCR, fine-tuned LLMs, and algorithmic extraction
  - Developed early RAG-based tool-calling system for chat agents (pre-LangChain) on GPT-3
  - Architected large-scale multi-tenant SaaS platform with Docker microservices on Kubernetes
  - Managed team of 6 developers and 2 DevOps engineers
  - Developed self-hosted k3s platform with Helm, SSO, LDAP, and self-hosted GPU inference
  - Obtained ISO 27001 certification for Weaversoft.io

## Projects

- [GainGuard.ai](https://gainguard.ai): AI sports-safety wearables backend — FastAPI, Django, PostgreSQL, GCP
- [SPD Online](https://github.com/Artemnikov/shattered_pixel_dungeon_online): Real-time multiplayer roguelike — React, Vite, FastAPI, Docker, GCP
- [Document RAG](https://github.com/Artemnikov/simple_rag_engine): Self-hosted RAG engine — Python, FastAPI, Next.js, Qdrant
- Poppins: Child-development telehealth platform — React, Django, PostgreSQL, AWS

## Awards

- **1st Place, Electronics — ORT Colleges Innovation & Entrepreneurship 2019** (May 2019, ₪2,500 prize): gesture-controlled drone steered by a custom sensor glove. Practical Electronics Engineering, ORT.

## Skills

- **Languages:** JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, HTML/CSS
- **Frameworks:** React, Next.js, Django, FastAPI, Express.js, Nest.js
- **AI/ML:** LangChain, RAG, OpenAI, LangGraph, PyTorch, Hugging Face, Langfuse
- **DevOps:** Docker, Kubernetes, Git, Datadog, Terraform, Helm, nginx
- **AI Infra:** vLLM, llama.cpp, Ollama, LM Studio, LiteLLM, AWS Bedrock, Azure AI Studio
- **Cloud & DB:** PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, GCP, AWS
- **Security:** Snyk, Docker Scout, CI/CD security scanning, ISO 27001

## Full Profile

- [Complete portfolio](https://artemnikov.net/llms-full.txt): Detailed bio, all experience highlights, project descriptions, engineering philosophy

## Contact

- GitHub: https://github.com/Artemnikov
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/artem-meshkov-3186401a5
- Email: artem.meshkov@gmail.com
- Website: https://artemnikov.net
- CV: https://artemnikov.net/artem_meshkov_cv.pdf