ENTERPRISE AI01
From documents
to decisions.
At Ekimetrics, I lead a six-person team building GenAI and data platforms for financial services, insurance, and APAC clients.
Explore my experience AI & DATA ENGINEERING · HONG KONG
Turning complexity
into real impact.↗
I’m Rakhat Shakimbekov. Tech Lead, engineer, and curious builder. I turn enterprise data and AI into products that people actually use.
Explore my work ↘CURRENTLY AT Ekimetrics PREVIOUSLY IBMLEARNING AT HKUSTCERTIFIED IN Databricks
01 / SELECTED WORK
Built for the real world.
From enterprise platforms to independent experiments.
Engineering with an outcome in mind.
From documents
OPEN SOURCE / FINANCE02
Antarctica
Portfolio Recommendation.
A Next.js application for exploring portfolio performance, calculating return metrics, and recommending revised asset weights.
View the source75%
Less document processing time
60%
Less manual data entry
40k+
Daily data points processed
Selected delivery outcomes
from my work at Ekimetrics.
More on LinkedIn ↗
02 / FIELD NOTES
All writing Things I’m thinking about.
FEATURED NOTE · AI & ENGINEERING
Models, workflows,
or agents?
Choosing the right AI architecture starts with your business needs. A whitepaper co-authored with Celine Wong.
Read the note ↗Life & community · 1 min read
Building community at HKUST
Joining the MSBA Student Committee for 2026/27 as Director of Operations, and turning ideas into meaningful initiatives.
Life & community · 2 min read
Tech, innovation & homecoming
From cloud summits in Hong Kong to the founders and communities shaping Kazakhstan’s tech ecosystem.
Tools & workflow · 2 min read
A keyboard that changed my workflow
My hands-on thoughts on the CLVX 1, a keyboard with a touchpad built into the keys.
03 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE CODEAn engineer’s mind.
An engineer’s mind.
A builder’s curiosity.
22.3193° N / 114.1694° EHong Kong ↔ Kazakhstan
I care about what happens after the demo.
Secure platforms. Useful products. Teams that can ship with confidence. That’s the thread through my work at Ekimetrics, IBM, and a Y Combinator-backed digital asset startup.
These days, I work across RAG, OCR, natural language to SQL, LLM evaluation, observability, and governed data platforms. I’m also pursuing an MSc in Business Analytics at HKUST, connecting engineering decisions with business outcomes.
Outside delivery, I share what I learn through CodeSfera, bilingual technical content, interviews, and mentoring. I’m always up for exchanging ideas with people building something useful.
PythonTypeScriptReact / Next.jsNode.jsDatabricksAzure / AWS
The longer story on LinkedIn GOOD THINGS START WITH A CONVERSATIONBuilding something
Building something
interesting?
Enterprise AI, data platforms, technical leadership, or an idea worth exploring. I’d love to hear about it.
Say hello