Albina Starykova
Software Engineer at Torchbox
Limassol, Limassol District, Cyprus
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Top SchoolAlbina Starykova is a software engineer based in Limassol, Cyprus, with 4 years of experience building user-focused digital products and a strong emphasis on accessibility. Currently at Torchbox and an active contributor to the popular Wagtail CMS, she has led front-end refactors like converting the userbar into an accessible web component and integrating Axe for automated accessibility checks. Her background in product and marketing roles enables her to bridge technical execution with business priorities, ensuring features deliver measurable user and organizational value. Trained at Harvard Business School Online and holding an MS in Business, she brings a disciplined, product-minded approach to engineering. Colleagues rely on her for thoughtful design-system work around color, typography, and content metrics that improve real-world usability.
3 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma of Education, Diploma of Education at Harvard Business School OnlineMaster of Science - MS in Business, Master of Science - MS in Business at Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics
English, Russian, Ukrainian
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Github Skills (9)
accessibility10
cms10
javascript10
react10
typescript-types9
typescript9
typescripts9
css8
django5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
wagtail/wagtail
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
A Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:16 reviews, 15 commits, 43 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Albina primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Wagtail CMS. Their work involved refactoring the userbar into a web component, including accessibility improvements and integration of the Axe accessibility checker. The user also worked on updating and improving the design system, specifically in the area of color and typography, and implemented content metric features to enhance the user experience. These commits demonstrate a focus on improving UI components and accessibility.
cmsmanagement-systempythondjangouser-experience
albinazs/wagtail
Oct 2022 - Oct 2024
Contributions:95 pushes, 47 branches in 2 years
cmsmanagement-systempythondjangodjango-blog
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