Arslan Kamchybekov

Chicago | San Francisco

Software Engineer

Education

University of Illinois Chicago·Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science
Relevant Coursework: Data Structures and Algorithms, Systems Programming, Parallel and Distributed Processing, Machine Organization, Computer Design, Software Design, Computer Architecture

Experience

AI Engineering Intern
October 2025 - Present
SafetyWing (YC W18)
Founding Engineer
June 2025 - September 2025
shiplo.
Founding Engineer
January 2025 - June 2025
Growthhungry
Software Engineering Intern
November 2024 - January 2025
Geni
Software Engineering Intern
August 2024 - October 2024
Pathlit

Projects

Parallel (Copy Trading Platform)
Code
Simply-lovely (F1 Telemetry Simulator)
Code
Base (Low-Level Database Engine)
Pulse (Limit Order Book)
Pilot (Multi‑Factor Backtester)
Tick (Ticker Aggregation Engine)
Deriv (Derivatives Pricing & Risk Analytics)

GitHub
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Achievements

1st Overall + Best Multiagent System (Fetch.ai)
LAHacks · 2025
Website
Demo
1st Overall
SparkHacks · 2025
Code
Website
Demo
1st Overall
HackwithChicago 2.0 · 2025
Code
Demo
2nd Overall
UncommonHacks · 2025
Code
Website
Demo
Track Winner
WildHacks · 2025
Code
Demo
Honourable Mention (Best Use of Fetch.ai)
MHacks · 2025
Code
Demo
Top #10 Overall
HopHacks · 2025
Code
Demo

Certifications

AWS Cloud Technical EssentialsAWS · 2025
Machine Learning with PythonIBM · 2025
Intro to Deep Learning & Neural Networks with KerasIBM · 2025
Generative AI and LLMs: Architecture and Data PreparationIBM · 2025
Modern C++ Concurrency in Depth (C++17/20)Udemy · 2025

Leadership

Head of Engineering — Akknoledge
December 2025 - Present
Participant — YCombinator
July 2025
Production Engineering Fellow — Meta x MLH Fellowship
Advanced Web Development Lead — ACM @ UIC
August 2024 - December 2024

Contact

Get in Touch

Want to chat? Just shoot me a direct email and I'll respond whenever I can.