Maxim Akhmedov

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Director of Engineering, Agentic Search at Nebius

Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands

Overview

Maxim is the Director of Engineering at Nebius, leading the Agentic Search team. He has deep expertise in MLOps, distributed systems, and BigTech, with a background in mathematics from Lomonosov Moscow State University. He combines strong technical depth with product leadership and team management.

Outside of his technical leadership, Maxim has a passion for competitive programming, having achieved world-class results in international competitions. He has also worked remotely while traveling the world, temporarily residing in countries like Italy and Serbia.

Unique Fact: Maxim won a Gold Medal at the 2012 International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), placing 7th globally.

Personality Overview

Vision Oriented

Challenger

Fast-Paced

They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles.  They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully. They care equally about the product and its potential impact.

Topics They Care About

Agentic AI Systems
He is currently the Director of Engineering for Agentic Search at Nebius, building new products in this emerging space.
AI Data Lakes
As the former head of TractoAI, he has focused on building data lakes that are optimized to support modern AI workloads.
MLOps & Big Data
His career focus is on building new MLOps products in the AI space, leveraging his experience with Big Data and parallel computation platforms.

Media Appearances

Maxim has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2026
Director of Engineering, Agentic Search at Nebius
10-2023 - 12-2025
Head of TractoAI RnD @ Nebius at TractoAI
12-2022 - 12-2025
Director of Engineering, TractoAI at Nebius
9-2022 - 12-2022
Technical Team Leader at Yandex
5-2021 - 9-2022
Technical Team Leader at Yandex

Education

10-2018 - 10-2022
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD (Unfinished) from Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU)
9-2012 - 7-2018
Specialist (equivalent to combined BS + MS) in Mathematics from Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU)

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Insights For Selling To Maxim

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Make sure that you you respond to any queries from them quickly
  • Be crisp while making the pitch
  • Tell them that you are there to help them create visible impact within their organization

DONT's

  • Don’t expect them to change their mind quickly if they say no once
  • Don't try too hard to get friendly, let it happen with time
  • Refrain from asking too many questions

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Maxim is

  • Confidence in the product plays an important role, followed by powerful testimonials.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Maxim

  • They might hesitate a little, but they will say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Maxim move?

  • They are neither the fastest decision makers nor the slowest.
  • Can Maxim take some risk or not?

  • Once they have analyzed the pros and cons, they can take some risks.

You And Maxim

Personality Compatibility


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