Gabriela Surita
Staff Research Engineer at Google DeepMind
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGabriela Surita is a Staff Research Engineer at Google DeepMind with 11 years of experience building AI-first developer tools and backend systems, currently focused on agentic code generation for Gemini. She blends research and production instincts—shaping models and engineering workflows that empower programmers and tech workers—after leading engineering teams at Loggi and contributing to Mozilla. An active open-source back-end contributor, Gabriela has improved request validation and PostgreSQL storage logic in notable projects like Cornice and Kinto, reflecting a strong API and data-storage pragmatism. Based in London, she brings a pragmatic, countercultural approach to AI—interested in how stochastic systems and "coffee-code" rituals translate into dependable developer experiences.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Github Skills (15)
json10
storage10
request-validation10
api10
postgresql10
python10
database-design10
apidoc10
webservice10
colander9
rest-api8
api-rest8
testing8
restful-api8
api-design8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Kinto/kinto
Sep 2016 - Jul 2018
A generic JSON document store with sharing and synchronisation capabilities.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:245 commits, 66 PRs, 17 pushes in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Gabriela primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the Kinto project, focusing on the PostgreSQL storage backend. Their work involved removing redundant fields from the data column, optimizing update operations, and fixing filtering issues related to numeric IDs. They also updated documentation related to PostgreSQL configurations and contributed minor code and syntax improvements. Additionally, the user addressed merge conflicts and helped to improve the documentation and overall code structure.
document-storeapisynchronisationjson-documentconflict-resolution
Cornices/cornice
Dec 2016 - Jan 2017
Build Web Services with Pyramid.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 4 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Gabriela primarily contributed to the `cornice` project, a Python-based framework for building web services. Their contributions focused on enhancing request validation and content type handling. Key changes include adding support for custom JSON content types and JSON arrays in request bodies, and refining the validation logic to improve data processing and API functionality. The user also made code reviews and minor improvements to the code base.
pyramidweb-services
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