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LocationUnited States
Company siteaxiom.xyz
UniversityThe George Washington University; Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Computer ScienceMachine Learning systemsLarge-scale ML systemsOn-device LLM inferenceCompetitive programmingZero-knowledge / blockchain engineeringSystems researchMachine learning systems
Notes
- Quant employment verification: NOT CONFIRMED. A full sweep of the profile and employer names found no quantitative investment, trading, market-making, hedge-fund or systematic/algorithmic trading role. The three recorded engagements are all software/systems engineering: Research Intern at UNIST (2022-2024, Prof. Myeongjae Jeon, systems for large-scale ML, VLDB 2024 paper); Software Engineer Intern at Opt-AI Inc., Seoul (2024-2025, on-device LLM inference for LG EXAONE); and 'ZK Software Engineering Intern' at Axiom (axiom.xyz, 2026-), a crypto zero-knowledge proof infrastructure company, not a quant firm. Employer check: Axiom (axiom.xyz) is a Web3 ZK-proof company; Opt-AI Inc. is an on-device AI/LLM optimization startup; UNIST is a university. None operates in quantitative finance. The 'Axiom' index records mixing Fintech/trading startups are namesakes unrelated to axiom.xyz.
- Identity anchor: IOI 2021 Bronze medalist for Kazakhstan (score 254/600, rank 112/351) and ICPC 2024 World Finals finalist with UNIST, matching the LinkedIn headline 'MS in CS @GWU | ICPC World Finalist 2024 | IOI Medalist' - the medal and finals record confirm the LinkedIn/GitHub accounts belong to the same person, not a namesake.
- Education trajectory: honors-diploma graduate of the National School of Physics & Math (FIZMAT), Almaty (2018-2021); BS Computer Science at UNIST, Ulsan (2021-2025); now MS Computer Science at The George Washington University (2025-2027) - a Kazakh competitive-programming pipeline into a Korean research university, then a US master's.2025
- Research output predates the industry roles: the VLDB 2024 FusionFlow paper came out of the UNIST research internship, so the academic publication is a direct product of that lab role rather than independent research.2024
- Axiom role is dated 2026- on LinkedIn and marked current at retrieval (2026-09), but rests on the profile alone - a 2026 internship start is recent enough that no independent announcement corroborates it yet.2026
Experience
ZK Software Engineering Intern at Axiom
New York, United States
Software Engineer Intern at Opt-AI Inc.
Seoul, South Korea
On-Device LLM Inference Framework Development for LG's EXAONE model
Research Intern at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Ulsan, South Korea
Research and implementation of system solutions for large-scale machine learning under Prof. Myeongjae Jeon at UNIST. Published scientific paper at VLDB 2024 conference.
Education
The George Washington University
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science
울산과학기술원
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
National School of Physics & Math (FIZMAT)
High school student (honors diploma)
Projects
FusionFlow
AchievementsIOI 2021 (Kazakhstan): Bronze medal, total score 254/600, absolute rank 112/351 (relative 68.38%) · ICPC 2024 World Finals: 106th place, representing UNIST (team 'Potom' with Adil Sultanov and Ildar Kanaliyev)
AwardsIOI 2021 Bronze Medal (Kazakhstan)
Profiles
Competition record
Kazakhstan · IOI