LLM Systems · Data Platforms · Applied Math

Merdan SoltanovData & AI Engineer

I build production-grade data pipelines and AI/LLM systems - from GPU inference and RAG to fault-tolerant ETL on Kubernetes. Grounded in a strong applied mathematics background.

Merdan Soltanov
01 Profile

Engineering reliable data & AI systems

Data & AI Engineer based in São Paulo, Brazil, with 4+ years designing scalable data architectures, deploying GPU-based inference systems, and shipping LLM-powered applications for real-world use cases. Currently a Data Engineering, Management & Governance Analyst at Accenture. Strong mathematical foundation (BASc, USP) and a track record of turning heterogeneous, messy sources into dependable, high-impact datasets.

02 Featured project

AI Platform Engineering

A self-directed project to push my AI-platform skills - agents, RAG, MCP and observability on AWS.

self-directed · 2026 · github.com/SoltanovM/LeIA ↗

Agentic AI platform with RAG & MCP

Backend built on a hexagonal architecture (ports & adapters), exposing platform capabilities to AI agents and grounded on semantic search.

  • MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools in Python exposing capabilities to AI agents.
  • RAG with Titan V2 embeddings over pgvector / HNSW (SQL) semantic search.
  • LangGraph agents with tool calling and conversational memory.
  • Observability via OpenTelemetry - LLM traces, tokens, latency.
PythonLangGraphAmazon BedrockTitan V2pgvectorMCPOpenTelemetryHexagonal Arch
03 Key achievements

Selected impact

AI PLATFORM

Agentic systems

MCP tools, RAG (Titan V2 + pgvector) and LangGraph orchestration, instrumented end to end.

DOCUMENT AI

OCR + LLM engine

vLLM system that analyzes large-scale legal documents and delivers automated decision summaries.

COST / QUALITY

Open-source embeddings

Replaced a paid embedding solution with an open-source GPU stack - better accuracy, lower cost.

SCALE

Orchestration

Fault-tolerant, containerized workloads with Airflow on Kubernetes - 100+ tasks per run.

04 Work experience

Where I've built

JUL 2026 - PRESENT

Accenture

Data Engineering, Management & Governance Analyst
  • Data engineering, management and governance for enterprise-scale data platforms - data quality, lineage and pipeline standards.
APR 2023 - APR 2026

Domus Capital - Precatórios / Ativos Judiciais

Data & AI Engineer
  • Built and operated scalable Python data pipelines and backend services (FastAPI, Docker, AWS Lambda, API Gateway) for production data/AI workflows.
  • Developed an OCR engine in Python powered by LLM inference (vLLM) with Redis, FastAPI and GPU processing.
  • Shipped async document-processing that summarizes large legal documents and emails automated decisions (FastAPI, CrewAI, Elasticsearch).
  • Built near-real-time ingestion pipelines with Apache Kafka, streaming from multiple upstream sources.
  • Modeled data in SQL across a layered architecture for downstream analytics (core, semantic, metrics).
  • Orchestrated Airflow (Python DAGs) on Kubernetes, cutting AWS cost via S3 lifecycle policies and ECR automation.
NOV 2022 - APR 2023

Dolomites Consultoria

Data Engineer
  • Designed containerized ETL pipelines in Python processing payment data from many Brazilian state & municipal sources.
  • Orchestrated 100+ Docker tasks per run with Airflow (Python DAGs) on Kubernetes; automated DAG deployment via GitHub with centralized logging in S3.
  • Structured and queried the processed data with SQL; improved reliability with adaptive scraping strategies and fault-tolerant designs.
MAR 2022 - NOV 2022

Laguz Opportunities

Data Engineer
  • Built automated Selenium crawlers in Python to extract large volumes of legacy legal documents.
  • Parsed complex/scanned PDFs in Python with OCR & table extraction (Tesseract, Textract, Camelot, Tabula).
  • Built ETL into structured datasets on a layered S3 data-lake, querying with SQL; contributed Power BI dashboards.
05 Toolbox

Skills & stack

AI / ML

LLMsLangGraphAgentic WorkflowsRAGMCPAmazon BedrockvLLMEmbeddingsHugging FaceNLPCrewAI

Data Engineering

AirflowPySparkSpark SQLETL/ELTData ModelingData LakesLakehouseDatabricks

Cloud & DevOps

AWSDockerKubernetesTerraformOpenTelemetry

Data Platforms & Tools

dbtAirbyteBigQuerySnowflakeKafkapgvector

Backend & Data Stores

FastAPIRedisElasticsearch

Apps & BI

StreamlitPower BI
06 Background

Education, certs & awards

Education

Postgraduate Specialization, Data Engineering
Faculdade Facint · Dec 2024 - Jan 2026
BASc, Mathematics
Universidade de São Paulo (USP) · 2017 - 2023
Mathematics
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie · 2016 - 2017

Certifications

IBM Data Engineering Specialization · Machine Learning · AWS Cloud Practitioner

Awards

BRONZE54th International Mathematical Olympiad - IMO · official results ↗
SILVERNational Mathematical Olympiad - 2012

Languages

Turkmen · Native Turkish · Bilingual English · Advanced Portuguese · Advanced Russian · Basic
07 Contact

Let's connect

Interested in my work, or want to trade notes on data & AI engineering? I'm always happy to connect.