Anna Nachesa
Software Engineer at Google
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolAnna Nachesa is a software engineer with 11+ years of experience and a foundational MSc in physics from Moscow State University, now based in Zurich and currently at Google. Her background spans systems, reliability, and application development across long tenures at Google, Booking.com, TomTom and other European tech firms, combining deep engineering practice with architectural insight. She contributes to open-source quantum computing tooling—adding algorithm examples and prototypes like Bernstein-Vazirani and Grover to the widely used Cirq framework—bringing practical quantum algorithm experience to production-grade code. A former physicist and long-time developer, she bridges scientific rigor with pragmatic software delivery, often improving usability and default behaviors in complex codebases. Outside the expected résumé, she brings an artistic and poetic sensibility to problem solving, which surfaces in thoughtful, user-centered improvements and clear technical communication.
12 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, MSc at Moscow State University
English, Dutch, Russian, French, Japanese, Spanish, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (26)
simulation10
algorithms10
quantum-algorithms10
python10
simulator10
simulations10
cirq10
quantum-computing10
mysql9
tsql9
apache-spark9
subquery9
scala9
loops9
sql9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
quantumlib/Cirq
Mar 2018 - Feb 2022
Python framework for creating, editing, and running Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) circuits.
Role in this project:
Software Engineer (focus on Quantum Algorithms and Simulation)
Software Engineer (focus on Quantum Algorithms and Simulation)Contributions:72 reviews, 18 commits, 22 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Anna contributed significantly to the Cirq repository by implementing examples and making improvements to existing functionalities. Their contributions include adding a Bernstein-Vazirani algorithm example, fixing issues related to default parameters, and enhancing the text diagram capabilities. Furthermore, the user developed a prototype of the Grover algorithm, demonstrating their expertise in quantum algorithm implementation. These changes improve the usability and functionality of the quantum computing framework.
pythonnisqquantum-algorithmsquantum-computingcirq
Ashalynd/Cirq
Dec 2020 - Feb 2022
A python framework for creating, editing, and invoking Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum (NISQ) circuits.
Contributions:92 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 2 months
pythonquantum-computingcircuitsscaleinvoking
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