Summary
Lala Rustamli is a founder and senior software engineer based in Amsterdam with nine years of experience building reliable, production-grade systems and leading teams through trust and technical mentorship. She specializes in Elixir and Ruby, with a track record delivering real-time messaging, booking and mentorship platforms, and core messaging infrastructure enhanced for reliability and memory efficiency. Her background spans ML-integrated products—credit scoring and AI chatbots with secure payments—to Azerbaijani-language NLP assistants, reflecting a blend of ML, NLP and backend engineering. Lala has driven operational improvements like containerization and security automation, hired and onboarded international talent, and now runs her own venture while continuing senior engineering work. Colleagues describe her as a hands-on leader who turns complex requirements into pragmatic, scalable systems.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Baku Engineering University
Master's degree, Master's degree at University of Tartu
English