Alina Boghiu is an Engineering Manager with a decade of experience leading web engineering teams at The Guardian in London. She blends hands-on front-end craftsmanship with people leadership, having directly contributed to the Guardian’s flagship frontend—improving liveblog UX, accessibility, and media rendering. Comfortable shipping product-facing features, she pairs UI polish (keyboard-accessible toggles, event filters) with pragmatic backend touches like weather endpoints. Alina’s background in computer engineering from Imperial College underpins a practical, system-minded approach to modern newsroom engineering. Colleagues know her for balancing delivery velocity with inclusive design and technical mentorship.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering, 2.2, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering, 2.2 at Imperial College London
Contributions:206 reviews, 75 commits, 150 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Alina primarily contributed to front-end development tasks, specifically related to the implementation and modification of liveblog features. They focused on enhancing the user interface with a filter toggle for key events and improving the presentation of content. The commits show a focus on accessibility, as the user ensured the filter toggle was keyboard accessible and clickable. Further contributions include adding code for a weather endpoint and rendering image content.
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Alina Boghiu - Engineering Manager at The Guardian