Summary
Ani Stepanyan is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building production-grade web applications and content platforms, currently driving front-end and agentic AI work at Leaf Group in the United States. She specializes in JavaScript ecosystems—React, Next.js, GraphQL and Node—with hands-on backend experience in MongoDB and cloud-native services, and has integrated complex systems like DRM/watermarking engines and Lambda-based workflows. Ani has a track record of migrating legacy stacks to modern React, improving editorial tooling that directly boosts site revenue, and mentoring junior engineers through pair programming. Trained at Hack Reactor and with a background in journalism, she brings a rare blend of product empathy and technical rigor that helps bridge UX, editorial needs, and scalable implementation. An early adopter of OpenAI Agents SDK and agentic AI patterns, she pairs practical full-stack delivery with explorations in emerging AI orchestration.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
software development, software development at Hack Reactor
Master's degree Journalism, Master's degree Journalism at Yerevan State University
Armenian, Russian, English