Summary
Anka Kondraska is an Internal Revenue Agent and software engineer with a decade of experience blending accounting rigor and engineering discipline to improve business processes. She builds pragmatic automation and analytics solutions—often using Python—to drive efficiency and accuracy across tax and finance workflows, documented on her programming-in-accounting blog. Her background spans Big Four technology assurance, product engineering at LinkedIn, and hands-on accounting system management, giving her a rare end-to-end view from ledger to scalable web services. A lifelong autodidact, she pairs formal training in accountancy (UC Davis MPA) and software engineering fellowships with data science coursework to translate complex controls into testable, auditable code. Notably, she has led system integrations and migrations that reduced manual reconciliation effort and surfaced operational improvements. Based in Los Angeles, she focuses on practical, controllable tech that strengthens financial stewardship and compliance.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Professional Accountancy, 4.0, Master of Professional Accountancy, 4.0 at University of California, Davis - Graduate School of Management
Certificate, CORe: Credential of Readiness, Pass, Certificate, CORe: Credential of Readiness, Pass at Harvard Business School Online
Software Engineering Fellowship, Computer Software Engineering, Software Engineering Fellowship, Computer Software Engineering at Hackbright Academy
Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program, Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program at Nontraditional Employment for Women - New York City
Introduction to Front-end Web Development, Introduction to Front-end Web Development at Flatiron School
Non-degree Graduate Level Coursework, Data Science, Non-degree Graduate Level Coursework, Data Science at University of New Haven
Non-Degree Coursework, Mathematics, Non-Degree Coursework, Mathematics at Hunter College