Ilya Kuhta

Machine Learning Engineer

End-to-end builder across ML and web — fine-tuning, evals, and inference optimization on one side; React/Next.js and FastAPI/Node full-stack features on the other. Recently shipped agentic eval pipelines and computer-vision systems in production

Fredrikstad, Norway
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Research Engineer, Agentic AI Evals
Hud (YC W25)San Francisco, USA (Hybrid)
Jan 2026 — Present
  • Developed full-stack platform features including API endpoints and evaluation dashboards
  • Built computer usage agent (CUA) with OpenRouter open-source models for automated testing
  • Worked on Python SDK for RL environment creation
  • Contributed to the platform's MCP functionalities, enabling seamless integration of external tools.
AI Software Developer
Nxtech ASFredrikstad, Norway
Jul 2023 — Jan 2026
  • Deployed computer vision pipeline on NVIDIA Jetson Orin AGX for healthcare application
  • Built autonomous navigation system with RealSense camera and logo tracking
  • Integrated tracking algorithms into iOS Swift app
Machine Learning Engineer
Beam (YC W22)New York, USA (Remote)
May 2025 — Jul 2025
  • Optimized LLM inference pipelines on distributed GPUs, reducing costs by 30%
  • Built LoRA fine-tuning workflows for production deployment
Software Engineer
Stealth
Mar 2024 — Jun 2024
  • Implemented Azure Kinect SDK in C++ for healthcare monitoring with real-time processing, contributing to a 30% increase in accuracy of patient data analysis.
Skills
MLOpsPyTorchvLLMTensorRTONNX RuntimeOpenCVLangChainOpenAI APIAnthropic APICV/LLM models fine-tuningModel quantizationFastAPIPostgreSQLRedisDockerKubernetesnginxApache KafkaVector databasesRESTful APIsReactTypeScriptNext.jsReact NativeNode.jsWebRTCWebSocketsREST/GraphQL APIsLinux administrationCI/CD pipelinesAWSGCPGStreamer
Education
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Odessa State Environmental University
2019 — 2023
Languages
English
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Achievements
2nd Place | Meta LLaMA Hackathon Oslo
Feb 2025