THE PERSON BEHIND THE PIPELINES
Curious by nature.
Engineer by practice.
I craft high-performance pipelines, optimize SQL engines, and build reliable digital infrastructure.
Namazbek Bekzhanov
Data Engineer & Backend Developer · Almaty, Kazakhstan
HOW I THINK ABOUT THE WORK
Correctness first.
Fast second.
I treat data systems like banking systems: correctness first, fast second. That mindset turns pipelines into durable products — observable, testable, and trusted.
My work connects data engineering, backend development, and the practical needs of financial infrastructure. I also share what I learn through teaching and my Telegram channel.
Let’s connect01 / THE JOURNEY SO FAR
Built through experience.
May 2024 — PresentMiddle Data Engineer
The National Bank of Kazakhstan (Digital Development Center)
Almaty, Kazakhstan · Full-time
Middle Data Engineer
The National Bank of Kazakhstan (Digital Development Center)
Almaty, Kazakhstan · Full-time
- Built a Vertica MPP warehouse for financial reporting and cut analytical query latency.
- Built ETL/ELT pipelines in Greenplum from six state systems (ESSP, GKB, ENPF, EIVK, KASE, NPK).
- Orchestrate with Airflow and transform with dbt, with data quality checks and monitoring.
- Designed a Data Lake on S3/MinIO with Apache Iceberg and Trino for cold data.
- Enforce row-level security with Apache Ranger; observability with Zabbix and Grafana.
Sep 2025 — PresentTeaching Assistant (Cloud Computing & DevOps)
Kazakh-British Technical University
Bostandıq District · On-site · Part-time
Teaching Assistant (Cloud Computing & DevOps)
Kazakh-British Technical University
Bostandıq District · On-site · Part-time
- Ran labs + supported lectures on cloud application development.
- Guided deployments on GCP (App Engine, Cloud Functions, Cloud SQL).
- Reviewed assignments and helped students debug containerized workloads.
Sep 2024 — PresentData Software Engineering Trainee
EPAM Systems
Remote · Internship
Data Software Engineering Trainee
EPAM Systems
Remote · Internship
- Strengthened advanced SQL and data modeling through real-world exercises.
- Studied modern DWH/lake patterns and ETL/ELT workflows.
- Built analytics/visualization deliverables with cloud-aware practices.
Jun 2024 — Dec 2024Research Assistant (Computer Vision / ML)
SDU University, Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan · Remote · Part-time
Research Assistant (Computer Vision / ML)
SDU University, Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan · Remote · Part-time
- Prepared datasets (LabelImg) and trained YOLO detection models.
- Improved model quality via structured experiments and metric-driven evaluation.
- Optimized training/inference workflows with PyTorch + Scikit-learn.
Oct 2023 — Apr 2024Core Banking Systems (Colvir CBS) Support Engineer
Bank CenterCredit
Almaty, Kazakhstan · On-site · Full-time
Core Banking Systems (Colvir CBS) Support Engineer
Bank CenterCredit
Almaty, Kazakhstan · On-site · Full-time
- Supported Colvir CBS on Oracle, including EOD batch processing and accounting closings.
- Resolved incidents with Oracle SQL and PL/SQL; wrote data correction and validation scripts.
- Built automated extraction pipelines and SQL views for live Power BI dashboards.
- Worked in Jira, ServiceDesk and Confluence under enterprise SLAs.
Feb 2023 — Sep 2023Junior Database Engineer
Alma Telecommunications Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan · On-site · Full-time
Junior Database Engineer
Alma Telecommunications Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan · On-site · Full-time
- Built C# (.NET) background services for billing files and payment notifications.
- Optimized PL/SQL procedures and triggers using execution plan analysis.
- Administered Oracle databases: security, integrity checks, index maintenance.
02 / ALWAYS A STUDENT
Learning, with intention.
Sep 2025 — Present · current
Master's degree — Computer Science and Data Analytics
Kazakh-British Technical UniversityFocused on Big Data, Machine Learning, AI, Data Engineering & Analytics, and Software Engineering. Building deeper expertise in Python, ML libraries, and intelligent systems.
Sep 2021 — Jun 2025 · completed
Bachelor's degree — Information Systems
Suleyman Demirel UniversityFocused on Software Engineering, Databases, and Computer Networks. Explored Big Data, Blockchain, Web Development, and Linux Administration; built strong foundations in algorithms, probability & statistics, and data engineering concepts.
Future Goal · planned
Master's Degree — Data Engineering
Technical University of Munich (Germany)Planning to pursue advanced expertise in Data Engineering, large-scale distributed systems, and modern data architectures at one of Europe's top technical universities.
03 / THE TOOLS OF THE TRADE
A connected toolkit.
Machine Learning & AI
- Scikit-learn
- TensorFlow
- PyTorch
- Keras
- NumPy
- Pandas
Big Data
- Spark
- Hadoop
- Airflow
- Kafka
Cold Data
- Iceberg
- S3
- Trino
- Debezium
Languages
- Python
- Go
- Java
- SQL
- Bash
Databases
- Postgres
- Oracle
- MySQL
- MSSQL
- Vertica
- Sybase
- Replica
DevOps
- Docker
- Git
- Linux
- FastAPI
Environment
- PyCharm
- DataGrip
- DataSpell
- DBeaver
- Antigravity
04 / LEARNING ON RECORD
Small steps, kept moving.
Google AI Fundamentals
Google · Apr 2026
Certificate of completion: Claude 101
Anthropic · Mar 2026
Google Cloud Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals
Google · Sep 2024
Software Engineer
HackerRank · Sep 2025
Data Engineering
Freedom Holding Corp. · Oct 2024
SQL (Advanced) Certificate
HackerRank
SQL for Data Science
University of California, Davis
Python for Data Science
IBM · Feb 2024
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA II)
Red Hat · Nov 2023
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
Red Hat · Oct 2023
Docker Essentials: A Developer Introduction
IBM · Feb 2024