Summary
Marina Varfolomeeva is a UX researcher with a decade of experience helping product teams translate user insights into impactful design decisions. Currently at Meta, she focuses on integrating consumer-facing AI into the Facebook experience, building on prior work improving privacy infrastructure and review tooling. Her background includes six years at WestEd developing STEM education content and conducting learning-and-technology research, giving her a strong grounding in evidence-based methods and education-focused data literacy. Trained in molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley, she brings a scientific rigor to qualitative and quantitative research, often bridging data analysis with user-centered storytelling. Based in Nottingham, she combines product-driven curiosity with a data analyst’s precision, comfortable working at the intersection of privacy, AI, and human-centered design. An under-the-radar strength is her ability to translate complex technical or regulatory constraints into actionable design recommendations that move product teams forward.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Molecular and Cell Biology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Molecular and Cell Biology at University of California, Berkeley