Summary
Katia Artsenkova is a software engineer based in London with 8 years’ experience building backend services and web applications using Java, Spring, AWS, DynamoDB and MySQL. Since joining the BBC as a Graduate Software Engineer in 2018 and progressing to a Software Engineer role in 2020, she has focused on reliable service delivery and DevOps-aligned workflows in a high-profile media environment. She combines strong cloud-native skills with practical database experience to optimise performance and scalability for user-facing systems. Comfortable across the stack, Katia brings web technologies and infrastructure automation together to shorten release cycles and reduce incidents. Her background from The Open University in Computing and IT underpins a methodical approach to engineering and continuous learning. Colleagues would describe her as a pragmatic problem-solver who translates complex requirements into maintainable, production-ready solutions.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BSc (Honours), Computing and IT, Bachelor of Science - BSc (Honours), Computing and IT at The Open University