Alexandra Ulsh
General Manager, Atlas at Mapbox
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexandra Ulsh is a product and engineering leader with 11+ years building secure, self-hosted and cloud-native geospatial platforms, currently General Manager for Mapbox Atlas where she drives P&L, product, and engineering for a containerized offering used in restricted environments. She began coding at age 10 and pivoted from international relations to tech after modernizing NATO and embassy intranets, bringing a rare mix of policy-minded systems thinking and hands-on engineering. Her background as Mapbox’s first full-time security hire informed company-wide defenses—launching the public bug bounty, adding XSS detection to eslint, and shepherding SOC 2 and DoD compliance for Atlas—while shipping multiple Atlas products and achieving double-digit CAGR. She combines deep technical skills (Node.js, AWS, Docker/Kubernetes, GDAL/map tooling) with customer obsession and operational rigor, reducing hosting costs by 35% and keeping 98% SLA health. Outside work she practices digital minimalism and GTD to create space for strength training, snowboarding, guitar, and language study—reflecting a disciplined approach to scaling teams and products without burning out.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin Chinese at Southwest University for NationalitiesBachelor of Arts, International Relations, Bachelor of Arts, International Relations at William & Mary
English, French, Spanish, Chinese
Github Skills (72)
javascript-api10
javascript10
map-box10
leaflet10
npmrc10
infosec9
gedcom9
sdk-nodejs9
docker-build9
geocoding9
security9
geojson9
family-tree9
multistage9
explore9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
alulsh/dc-micromobility-by-neighborhood
Feb 2018 - Dec 2021
Explore DC micromobility service (bikeshare and scooters) availability by neighborhood.
Contributions:251 commits, 14 PRs, 93 pushes in 3 years 11 months
scooterswashington-dcavailabilityexploreneighborhood
alulsh/military-brat-map
Mar 2016 - Nov 2022
My life is best explained with maps.
Contributions:70 commits, 8 PRs, 25 pushes in 6 years 9 months
explainedmapboxbiographymy-lifemap
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