Odina Kholiqov
AI Solutions Engineer | Python, Rust, TypeScript | CS Lecturer | Debate Coach
Description
A software engineer with 8+ years of experience and currently works at Zentist. He is also a Computer Science lecturer at Dushanbe Innovation Institute, where he teaches Systems Programming and Database Engineering.
Experience
- Zentist (USA, 2024 - present)
- AI Solution Engineer
- Built contract-driven agentic AI systems powered by LLMs to automate complex business workflows using LangChain, Restate, NATS, and AWS.
- Developed Voice AI / AI telephony services for real-time outbound calling, including DTMF navigation for automated phone systems (IVRs), call recording, transcription, and AI-powered conversation summarization using the OpenAI Realtime API and Twilio.
- Designed and implemented Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers exposing internal products and enterprise tools—including Jira, Notion, and GoodData—to AI agents, enabling secure tool access and workflow automation.
- Senior Backend Engineer
- Building could-based dental revenue cycle management for DSOs
- Conducting root-cause analysis of incoming incident tickets and fixing them
- Developing product new features
- AI Solution Engineer
- Dushanbe Innovation Institute (TJK, 2025 - present)
- Lecturer in Computer Science
- Developed & delivered engaging and effective lessons in English
- Introduction to Computer Science
- Programming in Python
- Computer Architecture and Operating Systems
- Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment (APUE)
- Database Design and Modeling
- Developed & delivered engaging and effective lessons in English
- Lecturer in Computer Science
- LIVO (TJK, 2022 - 2024)
- Lead Software Engineer
- Developed and maintained following services
- financial accounting platform
- internal project monitoring platform for an international organization
- online learning and teaching platform
- data aggregation platform for a global health organization
- e-commerce platform (classified)
- real-time truck tracking system (ELD)
- Technical Leadership
- Conducted interviewing and onboarding processes
- Mentored developers, facilitating their technical growth
- Developed and maintained following services
- Lead Software Engineer
- codezy.dev (TRK, 2020 - 2022)
- Python Developer
- Developed and maintained
- Turkish e-commerce platform
- queue management system
- ticket booking
- project management system for UNICEF
- real-time chat service for a bank product
- news platform for a popular media outlet
- Developed and maintained
- Python Developer