Summary
Anastasiia Kononirenko is a Senior Software Developer with seven years of experience building full-stack, data-informed systems across fintech-adjacent and media platforms. Currently at Shopify, she leads cross-functional projects and engineers Ruby on Rails services with Kafka, Sidekiq, ElasticSearch and Google Cloud while also leveraging PySpark and dbt for data pipelines. Her background spans .NET, React/Angular front-ends, and Clojure-based distributed systems for national video distribution, plus hands-on work with Unity for VR experiences used at large events. Early research roles honed her machine learning skills—she built LightGBM classifiers and production Node.js APIs for recommendation systems—and she has practical experience in web scraping, feature engineering, and hyperparameter tuning. Known for blending pragmatic production engineering with data science instincts, she got into programming inspired by a TV show and channels that curiosity into reliable, cross-team delivery.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Computer Programmer, GPA 5.0, Diploma, Computer Programmer, GPA 5.0 at Durham College
English, Russian