Mia Alexiou
Trainee Health Psychologist at Glasgow Caledonian University
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMia Alexiou is a multidisciplinary professional combining 12 years of software engineering leadership with doctoral-level training in health psychology. She has led and grown mobile teams (notably at DuckDuckGo and The Body Coach), shipping privacy-focused iOS and Android apps and contributing to high-profile open-source projects like the DuckDuckGo mobile browsers. Comfortable switching between hands-on development (mobile, data science, C++ and Python) and people leadership, she also has experience using analytics and data stacks (Snowflake, Amplitude) to drive product decisions. More recently she’s trained clinically in evidence-based therapies (CBT, ACT, MI, CBT-I) through clinical internships while undertaking doctoral research, bringing a rare blend of technical craft, data literacy and therapeutic practice to projects that sit at the intersection of health and technology.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Psychology (Mental Health), Master of Psychology (Mental Health) at The University of EdinburghDoctorate in Psychology Health Psychology, Doctorate in Psychology Health Psychology at Glasgow Caledonian UniversityBachelor of Computer Science (Honours) Artificial Intelligence, Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours) Artificial Intelligence at La Trobe University
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Github Skills (23)
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swift10
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
duckduckgo/Android
Jul 2017 - Oct 2020
DuckDuckGo Android App
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:40 releases, 14 reviews, 439 commits in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Mia's commits primarily focus on developing features and resolving conflicts within the Android application, specifically within the browser and related UI components. The contributions show work on implementing features such as autocomplete and downloading files, as well as improving overall functionality and fixing bugs to enhance the user experience. Code changes include updates to the browser UI, system search, and general code organization and refactoring.
android-appduckduckgotranslationsandroidduckduckgo-android
duckduckgo/iOS
Jan 2017 - Oct 2020
DuckDuckGo iOS Application
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:3 reviews, 486 commits, 326 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Mia primarily focused on the development of the DuckDuckGo iOS application. Their commits demonstrate the implementation of private browsing features, including a dedicated browser view controller with search bar integration, support for clearing cache and the addition of functionality to open the current link in Safari. They also updated the app's navigation structure, added a share extension for sharing links, and introduced a today extension for saving links.
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