Summary
Lawrence Cymbura is a cloud-focused developer with 11 years of engineering experience who currently builds cloud solutions at McKinsey & Company from his base in Cambridge, MA. He transitioned from a decade as a commercial photographer and freelance designer into web and backend development, bringing a strong visual design sensibility to UX and component-driven front-end work. His background spans full-stack React and TypeScript apps, data engineering with Airflow/Hive/Athena, and AWS automation and security tooling, reflecting a comfort across the stack from UI to cloud infrastructure. Lawrence has practical experience modernizing apps (Redux, Stripe, Storybook), building ETL pipelines and BI tables, and codifying security and CI/CD with Ansible, CloudFormation and Jenkins. Known as a problem solver, he pairs creative, design-rooted thinking with disciplined engineering practices to deliver accessible, testable components and reliable data systems. An atypical strength is his original training in photography and design, which informs a meticulous attention to visual detail and user experience in the products he builds.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors, Web Design & Interactive Media, GPA 4.0, Bachelors, Web Design & Interactive Media, GPA 4.0 at The New England Institute of Art
Associates, Graphic Design, GPA 3.85, Associates, Graphic Design, GPA 3.85 at Hesser College