Makhmud
Kudratov
// aka Mike · github.com/MakhmudSD
AI / Agentic AI Engineer with 4+ years of software engineering experience across EdTech, e-commerce, and SaaS — LangGraph agent orchestration, RAG pipelines, and document intelligence systems, shipped end-to-end as a full-stack developer owning both backend APIs and frontend delivery. Led a 5-person engineering team in South Korea, driving client delivery and AI-driven feature development.
About
About Me
I'm an AI / Agentic AI Engineer based in Suwon, South Korea, with full-stack ownership from backend APIs to frontend delivery. Over the past 4+ years I've built production systems across EdTech, e-commerce, and SaaS — full-stack engineering throughout, with the most recent stretch focused on RAG pipelines, document intelligence platforms, and AI feature integration, including two AI products I designed and built solo end-to-end.
I'm currently an AX Engineer at Langcode, working across the full stack on a Fortune Global 500 semiconductor manufacturer's internal AI Transformation platform — contributing to a Magentic-based agent data pipeline, adding OpenTelemetry-based distributed tracing into the backend's Serilog pipeline on a C#/.NET stack, working with a separate FastAPI/Python OpenSearch service, and refactoring a frontend where logic was scattered across inline hooks into grouped, reusable custom hooks with centralized error handling.
Before that, at Ainex Lifetime Education, I was promoted from Developer to Team Lead, managing 5 engineers across 18 client maintenance projects. I handled LiveKit-based live classroom infrastructure, PayApp payment integrations, and Apache server operations — while keeping client satisfaction high and systems stable.
Earlier in Korea, I worked as a Junior Frontend Engineer at Levelupsoft (Gwangju), maintaining a large food delivery platform, then as a full-stack developer at BTREE (Jeonju), building internal tools and client platforms with Next.js, NestJS, and GraphQL.
I hold an E-7 Skilled Worker Visa, am fluent in both Korean and English, and am open to remote or on-site engineering roles worldwide.
Technical Skills
Tech Stack
Experience
Work Experience
Langcode · Enterprise AI Transformation (AX)
- Frontend refactor: Inherited a component tree where business logic was scattered across dozens of inline hooks written directly inside components, making state changes hard to follow. Refactored by grouping related hooks into reusable custom hooks and implementing centralized error handling — removed duplicated error-handling code across views and made state logic traceable end-to-end.
- Backend observability: Production issues were hard to diagnose from flat log lines alone. Integrated OpenTelemetry into the existing Serilog logging pipeline, adding distributed tracing on top of structured logs for real request-level visibility.
- The platform's AI processing layer was limited to single-call LLM usage with no way to chain multi-step tasks. Contributed to a Magentic-based multi-agent data pipeline, extending the platform toward repeatable, multi-agent workflows for a Fortune Global 500 semiconductor manufacturer's internal AI processes.
- Search: The platform needed full-text search beyond what simple database queries could handle. Implemented OpenSearch as an independent FastAPI/Python microservice to provide scalable full-text search.
Ainex Lifetime Education · Yongin, Gyeonggi-do · On-site
- Platform ownership & AI integration: The government assignment platform (4,000+ monthly users, 13 client accounts) had no single owner — feature requests and bug fixes were falling behind, and Apache server config across those environments wasn't consistently maintained. Took over as primary owner: built and maintained 70%+ of the platform, shipped OpenAI API-driven features across multiple client accounts, and kept all 13 stable.
- Performance under load: Page loads on the busiest course and content pages were slow. The cause: unoptimized MySQL queries on high-traffic tables, plus media files served directly from the origin server with no CDN in front of them. Rewrote the slow queries and added a CDN layer for media delivery — load times came back down on the heaviest-traffic pages.
- Live classroom + payments: The platform had no way to run live video classes for corporate training, and no way to charge for them. Designed the backend APIs for a LiveKit-based live classroom system and integrated PayApp server-side end to end (webhook handling, payment verification, transaction management), giving the platform its first working path from a scheduled training session to a verified, paid enrollment.
- Team Lead promotion: The client base grew past what one developer could support alone, so I was promoted from Developer to Team Lead. Managed a 5-person engineering team across 18 concurrent client maintenance projects (the 13-account assignment platform included) — sprint planning, task distribution, and client communication — while keeping client satisfaction and delivery quality high.
BTREE · Jeonju, South Korea · Software Development & IT Consulting
- Full-stack feature delivery: Joined as a full-stack developer building internal tools and client-facing platforms with no single point of ownership across the stack. The team needed consistent Next.js/NestJS/MongoDB delivery without waiting on a dedicated architect for every feature. Built and maintained production features end-to-end, designing GraphQL schemas and REST APIs and optimizing large-scale backend queries with Prisma ORM as data volume grew.
- Auth & deployment pipeline: Services had inconsistent auth and deploys were manual, which stopped scaling as the number of services grew. Needed stateless auth that worked across distributed services and a CI pipeline that removed the manual deploy step. Implemented JWT-based stateless auth, containerized services with Docker, and set up GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines for automated builds and deploys.
Levelupsoft Inc · Gwangju, South Korea · Digital Solutions
- Cross-browser & mobile fixes: The frontend of a large food delivery platform rendered inconsistently across browsers and lagged on mobile, directly affecting real paying customers. Needed reliable cross-browser behavior and better mobile performance without a full rewrite. Maintained and improved the frontend, fixing cross-browser compatibility issues and optimizing for mobile.
- Design-to-code: Design and engineering worked from disconnected files, so Figma mockups tended to drift from what actually shipped. Needed a direct path from design to production UI to keep the two in sync. Translated Figma designs into production-ready, responsive React components.
와이랩스 · Yeosu
- University internship: Joined 와이랩스 (Yeosu) with no professional dev experience yet and needed hands-on practice turning requirements into working code. Learned frontend/backend fundamentals, implemented CRUD operations, and translated Figma designs into responsive UI.
Projects
Key Projects
AX Platform — Agent Orchestration System
View LiveA self-initiated agent orchestration platform, inspired by real enterprise approval workflows, where employees describe requests in plain language and a LangGraph orchestrator routes them through policy retrieval, LLM-driven drafting, and a three-tier role-based approval chain (Requester → Approver → Admin), with every state transition persisted to Postgres. Deployed live on Vercel/Render/Supabase with real per-call token/cost tracking. Root-caused and fixed a cross-site authentication cookie bug in production. Backend runs on Render's free tier; cold start after idle takes ~79s, confirmed via direct HTTP timing.
Lexara — AI Document Intelligence
View LiveSolo-built a full-stack RAG SaaS platform in under a week. Users upload documents (up to 50MB) and query them via natural language. Supports 5 languages (EN, KO, RU, UZ, JA), subscription tiers (Free / Pro / Business), referral system, FAQ support portal, and admin health dashboard with pgvector-backed vector store monitoring.
Secret House — Private Villa Booking Platform
Freelance-built booking platform for a private luxury villa business in Yeosu — replaces manual phone/DM bookings with a self-serve reservation flow. Real-time availability calendar backed by Supabase, a Toss Payments deposit flow to cut no-shows, trilingual UI (EN/KO/UZ) via next-intl for both local and international guests, and a full admin console (booking control, occupancy/RevPAR analytics) with instant Telegram alerts plus email notifications the moment a new reservation comes in.
Veloura Jewelry
Full-stack jewelry marketplace with real-time WebSocket notifications, multilingual support (Korean, English, Uzbek), GraphQL-powered dynamic URL filtering, built-in payment cart, community features, and a comprehensive admin panel. Deployed on Vercel (frontend) and Railway (backend).
Veloura Perfume
E-commerce platform for a local perfume store with store registration, product management, order tracking, and Redux Toolkit cart. Includes a separate admin panel built with EJS and Node.js. Deployed on Linux VPS with PM2 and Nginx.
Education & Languages
Education & Languages
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Open to remote full-stack or team lead roles with US, European, and Asian teams. Feel free to reach out anytime.