Summary
Maria Simbirsky is a software engineering manager with 8 years of experience building cloud-native data and bioinformatics platforms that enable scientific discovery. She leads cross-functional teams at Altos Labs to design scalable data management, processing pipelines, and integrations with lab informatics tools like Benchling, Nextflow, and OMERO, combining full鈥憇tack engineering experience (React, Django, GraphQL) with infrastructure-as-code and containerized workflows. Her background spans machine learning in genomics, production ML infrastructure, and building tools for CRISPR guide design, giving her a rare blend of domain expertise and product-oriented delivery. She mentors engineers, drives agile product roadmaps, and has a track record of translating complex scientific requirements into usable, scalable software. Outside engineering, she channels community leadership into organizing swing-dance events鈥攁n interest that underscores her strengths in coordination, event logistics, and inclusive community building.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
University of California Santa Cruz
M.S. Biomedical Engineering, M.S. Biomedical Engineering at Boston University
English, Russian, Hebrew