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Borislav Novikov

I build production AI systems — from voice agents on edge devices to compliance pipelines for European banks.

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5+ yrsExperience
20+Projects
Web Summit '24Exhibitor
Top RatedUpwork

// Experience

Where I've Worked

Jul 2025 — Now
● Current

Polaro

Conversational Engineer

Building production voice assistants with local TTS/STT and multi-provider LLM orchestration on edge devices. Real-time audio pipelines using Pipecat and LiveKit.

Aug 2024 — Jun 2025

We Are Volt

LLM Engineer

Integrated AI-powered relationship mapping and portfolio-management agents for a major US investment firm using GPT-4o and o3.

Nov 2022 — Jul 2025

Upwork

Senior LLM & NLP Engineer · Top Rated · $100k+

20+ projects across video production pipelines, trend detection for global media enterprises, automated Zendesk resolution systems, and multi-agent investment architectures.

Mar 2021 — Aug 2024

PROSW Analytics

Python / NLP Developer

Replaced third-party Google NLP API with a full in-house suite. Built LLM-driven compliance pipelines with agentic search for 4+ European banks.


// Skills

Tech Stack

LLM Providers
OpenAI Claude Gemini Deepseek MiniMax Qwen Kimi LLaMA Mixtral
AI Capabilities
RAG AI Agents Prompt Eng. Fine-tuning Embeddings Vector Search Function Calling
Voice & Speech
Pipecat LiveKit Whisper ElevenLabs TTS STT
Frameworks
Python FastAPI Flask LangChain LangGraph HuggingFace
Infrastructure
Docker AWS PostgreSQL Pinecone Qdrant Groq Git CI/CD
AI Dev Tools
Claude Code Codex OpenClaw

// Services

What I Build

🎙️

Voice AI

Real-time conversational agents with TTS, STT, and LLM orchestration on edge devices.

🤖

Agentic AI

Tool-using agents that plan, retrieve, and act — from compliance bots to investment analyzers.

🔍

RAG Systems

Retrieval pipelines with vector search, evaluation, and production monitoring.

Backend & APIs

FastAPI and Flask services with LLM integration, deployed to your stack.


// Projects

Things I've Built

InTrends

intrends.me →

AI-powered market research platform. Built the backend API and NLP trend detection engine for real-time analysis.

Exhibited at Web Summit 2024

MoltDJ

moltdj.com →

Music and podcast platform for OpenClaw AI agents. 1,500+ AI-generated tracks by 100+ bots across 13 genres.

100+ active AI creators

// Publications

Research

Development of Anytime Algorithms for Pass Implementation in RoboCup Simulation League
CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2020 · Novikov, B.; Panteleyev, M.
Models and Methods of Real-Time Action Selection in Virtual Soccer
Conference of Open Innovation Association (FRUCT), 2020 · Novikov, B.; Kivarin, D.; Panteleyev, M. · DOI

// Contact

Let's Talk

Prefer email. I typically reply within 24 hours.

bnovikov012@gmail.com