Maria Yazykova
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Sammamish, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMaria Yazykova is a Principal Software Engineer based in Sammamish, Washington, with a long-standing career at Microsoft that began in the late 1990s and progressed through hands-on engineering to senior technical leadership roles. She combines deep applied-math and computer science training from Lomonosov MSU with executive communication coaching from MIT Sloan, enabling her to bridge complex technical design and stakeholder-facing leadership. Over two decades at Microsoft she has repeatedly advanced into higher-impact roles—most recently returning to a Principal position—demonstrating sustained delivery on large-scale systems and cross-team influence. Her background spans embedded back-office systems to modern cloud and ML engineering, reflecting adaptability across eras of software development. Known for steady career progression within a single large enterprise, she brings institutional knowledge and an ability to mentor engineers through shifting technical landscapes. An understated strength is her blend of rigorous academic foundations and practical product experience, which helps translate research-grade ideas into reliable production software.
4 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
MIT Sloan Interpersonal Communication: Strategies for Executives Program 2021, MIT Sloan Interpersonal Communication: Strategies for Executives Program 2021 at MIT Sloan School of ManagementLomonosov Moscow State University
English, Russian
Github Skills (47)
transition10
bioinformatics10
wdl10
application10
computational-science9
scala9
hpc9
docker9
common-workflow-language9
executor9
scale9
workflow-description-language9
scientific-workflow9
genomics8
beacon8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
zykonda/CromwellOnAzure
Jul 2022 - Aug 2022
Microsoft Genomics supported implementation of the Broad Institute's Cromwell workflow engine on Azure
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
workflow-enginebroad-institutesupportedgenomicscromwell
DataBiosphere/terra-landing-zone-service
Jul 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:68 reviews, 60 commits, 21 PRs in 4 months
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