Judging Panel
Jemshit Iskanderov
Jemshit Iskanderov is an accomplished Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience building scalable, maintainable, and high-performance applications. Renowned for his expertise in Software Architectures, Kotlin/Java programming languages, and Android development, he has led the development of award-winning applications used by millions of users worldwide. His work at real-time trivia app was awarded Google Play's Users' Choice App of 2019. As a technical leader, Jemshit has architected and developed complex social media mobile applications. Currently at PayPal, he contributes to developing innovative payment technologies, bringing contactless payment solutions to millions of users. Jemshit is deeply engaged with the software engineering community — he has earned 10,000+ reputations on Stack Overflow, developed open-source libraries on Github. Jemshit has advanced AI-powered software systems as an AI Prompt Engineer, improving the performance and reliability of large language models across multiple programming languages. He has also contributed to academic and applied research in AI/ML, publishing in the IEEE Journal and other peer-reviewed venues. Holding dual Master’s degrees in Computer Science and Web & Application Development, Jemshit combines a strong academic foundation with hands-on technical leadership. Beyond technical development, Jemshit has demonstrated leadership through mentoring engineers, conducting technical interviews, peer-reviewing papers, judging, and serving as a Scrum Master.











