Alexandrina Karakehayova is a Tech Lead at the Financial Times with a decade of hands-on experience building scalable, secure cloud-native systems using AWS, Node.js, and modern JavaScript. She combines technical ownership of architecture and deployment with people leadership—mentoring senior and junior engineers to raise code quality and drive best practices across teams. Her academic background in artificial intelligence (MSc) informs practical applications of ML, NLP, and computer vision to product features, helping bridge research concepts with production realities. Previously she progressed from software engineer roles at Axway to senior engineering responsibilities before stepping into leadership, giving her a strong grounding in full-stack development and operational concerns. Based in Sofia, Bulgaria, she is passionate about crafting user-focused, data-driven products and is comfortable translating complex AI ideas into reliable, maintainable services.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
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Alexandrina Karakehayova - Tech Lead at Financial Times